Freedom-of-speech Quotes

Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one ...

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

Our Press and our schools cultivate Chauvinism, militarism, dogmatism, conformism and ignorance. The...

Any government's condemnation of terrorism is only credible if it shows itself to be responsive to p...

To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress ...

Everyone is by absolute natural right the master of his own thoughts, and thus utter failure will at...

Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liber...

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity.

The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opinio...

My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, an...

This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if th...

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

There might, Gentlemen, be an impropriety in my taking notice, in this Address to you, of an anonymo...

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind — that its modest and great...

I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and sil...

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all libert...

1. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about the things they read (or watch, or listen to, or tast...

We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we we...

Every person under the sound of my voice is a soldier. You are either fighting for your freedom or b...

There is a fine line between free speech and hate speech. Free speech encourages debate whereas hate...

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in ...

If we do not believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we do not believe in it at all.

Let everywritertell hisownliesThat's freedomof thepress.

When men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... that th...

Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying inte...

It was a shocking thing to say and I knew it was a shocking thing to say. But no one has the right t...

Journalism can be lethal

Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party – though they are ...

Two things form the bedrock of any open society — freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don’...

The moment you say that any idea system is sacred, whether it’s a religious belief system or a secul...

All liberty required was that the space for discourse itself be protected. Liberty lay in the argume...

Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.

Please wake me when I'm freeI cannot bear captivity4 I would rather be stricken blindThan 2 live wit...