Speech Rights Quotes

I don't see how the study of language and literature can be separated from the question of free speech, which we all know is fundamental to our society.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Freedom of speech is freedom to offend.

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

In Iran I think nobody loses their job because of making a statement that reflects their opinion. From this point of view, conditions in Iran are far better than in many other places in the world.

Freedom of political speech will never justify violence.

Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?

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

Free speech not only lives, it rocks!

I believe in freedom of speech. I believe people have the right to say whatever they want to say. As long as they're ready to own what they say. Because there's a price to pay when you say something that's against the grain that is not correct.

Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter.

Why shouldn't I be allowed to say stupid, outrageous things?

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

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

Now is the time to draw a clean, clear, bright line and say if you are engaging in speech over the Internet you do not have to check with your lawyer or your accountant. You are a free American, and you have the opportunity to engage in free speech over the Internet.

Everyone is free to write and say whatever he likes, without any restrictions.

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

Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.

I believe in the freedom of expression, unequivocally - though, as I have written before, I wish more people would understand that freedom of expression is not freedom from consequence.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

I just think political correctness is a limitation on our First Amendment freedoms.

but I had also learned that freedom of speech means freedom from rhetoric.

The right to be able to speak openly and confidentially to another is, at times, codified legally if not ethically.

Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.