Freedom Speech Quotes

One of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle for Independence.

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A despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom—he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.

As far as I can see, I really was put out of Germany for the crime of blasphemy. … My offense was to think that Hitler is just an ordinary man, after all. This is a crime against the reigning cult in Germany, which says that Mr. Hitler is a Messiah sent by God to save the German people — an old Jewish idea. To question this mystic mission is so heinous that, if you are German you can be sent to jail. I, fortunately, am an American, so I merely was sent to Paris. Worse things can happen to one.

I no longer believe in freedom of speech.

I've made enough jokes about Iran's leadership that I'm sure if I showed up that I would get a nice escort - to the main prison - and then I could do a show there.

In a democracy, you need to have a strong judicial system. You need freedom of speech, you need art, and you need a free press.

At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed to use it on 'Fox News'.

All those who talk about democracy, freedom, and the rule of law, of human rights, of the fight against corruption are, I believe, important allies.

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles.

Lenny Bruce died from an overdose of police

When a person in a Russian prison decides to start speaking, to start speaking the truth - they start to reject oppression.

It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

There are no 'political prisoners' as such in Bahrain. People are not arrested because they express their views, we only have criminals.

And what a bizarre time we're in, Jan, when a judge will say to little children that you can't say the pledge of allegiance, but you must learn that homosexuality is normal and you should try it.

I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see.