Madeline Brewer Quotes

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

People have the right to say what they want to.

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

We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.

In America we don’t apologize for opinions, that’s why we have a 1st Amendment. If we can’t discuss even controversial opinions in the pages of our newspapers, where are we going to do it?

Speech is an essential mechanism of democracy, for it is the means to hold officials accountable to the people. [...] The right of citizens to inquire, to hear, to speak, and to use information to reach consensus is a precondition to enlightened self-government and a necessary means to protect it. [...] By taking the right to speak from some and giving it to others, the Government deprives the disadvantaged person or class of the right to use speech to strive to establish worth, standing, and respect for the speaker’s voice. The Government may not by these means deprive the public of the right and privilege to determine for itself what speech and speakers are worthy of consideration. The First Amendment protects speech and speaker, and the ideas that flow from each.

This country is built on free speech.

India is the biggest democracy. We have the right to say what we want to say, and people have the right to protest.

Everyone has a right to speak out.

Freedom of speech is a human right and the foundation upon which democracy is built. Any restriction of freedom of speech is a restriction upon democracy.

There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

The U.S. affirms freedom of speech.[Vladimir] Putin is no friend of freedom of speech.

I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do as you just said that you really have to defend the First Amendment rights of everybody.

As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be.

We can never intimidate and discourage the people who voice their words with courage. The essence of freedom rests precisely here - in the freedom of expression of the people. And we must protect it.

I don't think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech.

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

People have a right to criticize.

The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat beliefs that it does not agree with - more speech and debate, not censorship.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost

Freedom of speech, freedom to criticize pillars of government, freedom to form parties and freedom of the press within the framework of the constitution are among the absolute rights of the public.

Don’t let religious authorities decide what can or can't be published, …. free speech is vital for democracy, for social change, for the possibility of challenging what has been laid down by established authorities…. freedom only for those who do not offend, annoy, and irritate entrenched authorities - is no freedom at all.

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

Thankfully, we live in country, unlike Russia, where we have First Amendment rights.