Rodrigo Duterte Quotes

People have the right to say what they want to.

I'm as keen as the next person to preserve the right to free speech.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

People have the right to say whatever they want.

Good men died for our right to say whatever we want to say and use whatever words we want to use.

Individuals have a right to freedom of speech.

Freedom of speech is, to all Americans, as oxygen is to the human condition. It is a right that has been irreversibly programmed into our hard drive. We are free to speak our minds. An artist's right to express him or herself as best suits their art, is the artist's prerogative and it is guaranteed.

I'm not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much.

I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive issue that affects all of our constitutional rights and privileges.

We had a responsibility to represent all people whose 1st Amendment rights were at risk

Everyone has the right to express his thoughts, to express himself as he wants.

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the 1st Amendment.

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify suppression of free speech and assembly.

The Constitution does not allow the unnecessary trammeling of free expression, even for the noblest of purposes.

Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together.

Prior restraints on speech and publication are the most serious and least tolerable infringement on First Amendment Rights.

Political speech is indispensable to decision-making in a democracy, and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation. 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.

As a human being, I do feel like it's my right to be able to stand up for and speak on whatever I want.

I think that freedom of speech is just that, and groups have the right to support or oppose issues that are going to affect them as well as individuals do.

In our Constitution, it is said that we have freedom of speech and freedom of expression. In my mind, unless that freedom is total, it is no freedom at all.

Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press.

If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.

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