Expression of Ideas, viewpoints & Feelings Quotes

Why should freedom of speech and freedom of the press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes is right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal things than guns.

Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

Laws alone cannot secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be a spirit of tolerance in the entire population.

I want people to be able to give their voice.

Honestly, this country was built on freedom of speech and freedom of expression, and when you can no longer do that, then it is no longer based on that, you know.

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

I don't want the government to be censoring people, I don't think there should be censoring boards, but I think that means that we the artists need to be very careful about what we're putting out and what were saying and how we're saying it. And I don't think we're being as careful as we should be.

Freedom of discussion is characteristic of my native land.

I simply claim that what ideas I have, I have a right to express; and that any man who denies that right to me is an intellectual thief and robber.

Freedom of expression is very important.

The greatest form of expression - or, at least, the most common that we have as human beings, what separates us from the animals - is speaking: the ability to communicate.

One should never, ever remain silent for fear of complexity,

Not writing would be like going the rest of your life without having dreams.

Writing is thought crystalized on a piece of paper, which can then be reviewed.

There are many prices we pay for freedoms secured by the First Amendment; the risk of undue influence is one of them, confirming what we have long known: Freedom is hazardous, but some restraints are worse.

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.

When the guns boom, the arts die.

Good thoughts not delivered mean squat.

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

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

It doesn't need to be imagined, it needs to be written down.

Music is art to me, and you don't censor art. You don't go into a museum and censor things.

It's important for everyone to just be able to express themselves in whatever way.

I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.