When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.
Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.
There are very few people in our society who are actually free to say what they believe. I am in an extremely fortunate position in having this enormous gift of freedom and believe I should try to use it to do something useful for society. As long as I feel as if I have something to say, I’ll continue to try to do that.
Freedom of speech means nothing to a people who are too weak in their convictions to speak out against the evil that is eating at the heart of the nation like a cancer.
When one writer tries to silence another, he silences every writer-and in the end he also silences himself.
Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.
Art made tongue-tied by authority.
