Tan Cheng Bock Quotes

And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and disagree with them, and argue with them, and differ with them, but don't just try to shut them up.

More than anything else, we need in this society the opportunity for people to tell us what they think without being told that they're either dumb, or stupid, or uninformed.

I believe in a free market of ideas and not shying away from debate.

I think it's important to have conversation about things instead of shutting things down.

My view is, let's not shut down anyone's right to speak, let's meet their comments with more speech.

I just want to say what I think and encourage others to say what they think.

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.

This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.

Of course there are always exceptions, but opinions are not to be feared.

The word 'tolerance' once meant we all have the right to argue rationally for our deepest convictions in the public arena. Now it means those convictions are not even subject to rational debate.

All I claim, all I plead for, is liberty of thought and expression. That is all. I do not pretend to tell what is absolutely true, but what I think is true. I do not pretend to tell all the truth..

Men must also be allowed the publication of their opinions, if this be done with decency and seriousness, for the learned can have no right to say that they are in possession of the truth, still less can the unlearned, unless every grave man can offer his opinions, be they what they may…

People can voice their different points of view. We are also a country where there will be criticism.

I think most people like a bit of freedom and hearing things that they might not agree with, rather than just having everybody shutting their mouths.

While people can differ on the issues, no one should seek to discourage freedom of speech.

Let's cultivate an environment, not just in beauty pageants but in society in general, where we argue like we're right but listen like we're wrong.

I think you can be in disagreement with a president you support without being disrespectful or nasty or snide.

Rather than shutting down free speech, we need to broaden it, to make it possible for young people to say even the things we dislike so we can talk them down. And we need politicians to articulate a picture of the future that includes all of us. Not British values but shared human values.

I invite a variety people on my show with wide-ranging opinions - sometimes even my jaw hits the floor, too - but I let them speak. Whether it's left, right, or center, I want to expose my viewers to other perspectives. Agree with them or not, the nation needs to listen.

There is a way to disagree with someone, but it doesn't have to be threatening.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise.

I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.

You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education.

There needs to be a place in the church or just outside - there needs to be a place where people feel free to ask questions without being put upon, where they feel free to ask difficult, challenging questions to voice their skepticism.