Ehud Barak Quotes

In a free state, both the tongue and the mind ought to be free.

Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

There must be freedom for all to live, to think, to worship, no book, no avenue must be closed.

In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.

A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.

A free society means that you might have to put up with a lot of things you despise.

America is great precisely because it is an open society, and an open society recognizes that nobody is the ultimate arbiter — and that we may be wrong at times, even if we are powerful. We must be open to criticism and respect divergent and different views and interests.

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

It is not undemocratic to express one's difference of opinion.

We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.

Freedom of speech and thought matters, especially when it is speech and thought with which we disagree. The moment the majority decides to destroy people for engaging in thought it dislikes, thought crime becomes a reality.

It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.

If you disagree with me, fine! Because that's the great thing about America, we can disagree!

This is a free country, and nobody should be criticized for their political beliefs. We're all allowed to have our opinions.

Today I am here to defend the right to offend within the bounds of the law.

Democracy cannot flourish amid fear.

Freedom of speech only exists in proportion to indifference to the thing spoken of.

We must protect the right of our opponents to speak, because we must hear what they have to say.

The University is not engaged in making ideas safe for students. It is engaged in making students safe for ideas. Thus it permits the freest expression of views before students, trusting to their good sense in passing judgment on these views. Only in this way can it best serve American democracy.

In every society liberals are not very popular. Liberalism is not a populist movement.

Be alert that dictators have always played on the natural human tendency to blame others and to oversimplify. And don't regard yourself as a guardian of freedom unless you respect and preserve the rights of people you disagree with to free, public, unhampered Expression

That's the beauty of democracy — you believe what you believe, I believe what I believe, and as long as we're not hurting each other, that's fine. Placing a value judgment on a person's beliefs has no place in a democracy.

I would not wish to live in a world where I could not express my honest opinions. Men who deny to others the right of speech are not fit to live with honest men.

There is no right in the world not to be offended. That right simply doesn’t exist. In a free society, an open society, people have strong opinions, and these opinions very often clash. In a democracy, we have to learn to deal with this.