Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Quotes

Freedom of expression is very important.

We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.

Free speech is not just another value. It's the foundation of Western civilization.

It would be a tragedy for democracy if dissent goes away.

Everyone has a right to speak out.

People have the right to say what they want to.

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.

We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.

People have a right to criticize.

In this country you can say aloud or publish just about anything you like.

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.

The freedom to express yourself without fear - that perhaps is something we in the U.S. take for granted. It's almost inconceivable to think we would be afraid to express our opinions or thoughts, but that's not true for all parts of the world now, and certainly not before World War II.

You know, everybody believes in free speech until you start questioning them about it.

A simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town square test: Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm? If he can, then that person is living in a free society. If not, it's a fear society.

Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition of nearly every other form of freedom.

The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

Our birthright under the 1st Amendment is to foster the voices of dissent.

Opinion and protest are the life breath of democracy—even when it blows heavy.

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

Dissent is the mark of freedom.

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking, or thinking, I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

Democracy depends on the idea that we hold each others’ right to express ourselves and be heard above our own desire to always get the outcomes we want. You can’t impose tolerance top-down.

We're losing our freedom of speech. We are losing freedom of religion. We are losing freedom of the press.

I can't emphasize how important free speech is to a liberal and free democracy.