Freedom Speech Quotes Page 2

Part 2 of the freedom speech quotations list about sayings citing Hugo Black, William O. Douglas and Naomi Klein captions

  • The First Amendment's language leaves no room for inference that abridgments of speech and press can be made just because they are slight. That Amendment provides, in simple words, that "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." I read "no law . . . abridging" to mean no law abridging.

    — Hugo Black
    65
  • Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.

    — William O. Douglas
    62
  • Free speech is meaningless if the commercial cacophony has risen to the point where no one can hear you.

    — Naomi Klein
    61
  • Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship.

    — George Pataki
    60
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  • I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.

    — Fatou Bensouda
    58
  • Love myself I do. Not everything, but I love the good as well as the bad. I love my crazy lifestyle, and I love my hard discipline. I love my freedom of speech and the way my eyes get dark when I'm tired. I love that I have learned to trust people with my heart, even if it will get broken. I am proud of everything that I am and will become.

    — Johnny Weir
    56
  • There's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth.

    — J. K. Rowling
    55
  • WikiLeaks will not comply with legally abusive requests from Scientology any more than WikiLeaks has complied with similar demands from Swiss banks, Russian offshore stem-cell centers, former African kleptocrats, or the Pentagon.

    — Julian Assange
    52
  • Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state.

    It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no freedom of speech or press.

    — Dennis Prager
    52
  • I think free speech is probably the coolest thing we have in this country, and again, you can label it hate speech and dismiss it, and then you're allowed to censor it.

    — Dana Carvey
    49
  • After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision.

    By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It's been a great run.

    — Hank Williams, Jr.
    48
  • A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law.

    — Kurt Huber
    47
  • Freedom of thought and freedom of speech in our great institutions are absolutely necessary for the preservation of our country. The moment either is restricted, liberty begins to wither and die.

    — John Peter Altgeld
    47
  • If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, Maybe I could understand some of these illegal injunctions. ... But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of the press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.

    — Martin Luther King, Jr.
    46
  • If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

    — George Washington
    45
  • In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is a symbol of opportunity, citizenship, equality, freedom of speech and freedom of thought, and hence, is a symbol for democracy itself.

    — Vartan Gregorian
    45
  • Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

    — Bergen Evans
    44
  • The principle of free speech is no new doctrine born of the Constitution of the United States. It is a heritage of English-speaking peoples, which has been won by incalculable sacrifice, and which they must preserve so long as they hope to live as free men.

    — Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
    44
  • There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press

    — Mark Twain
    44
  • Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write.

    — Hugo Black
    44
  • I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

    — Brad Thor
    43
  • Our republic and its press will rise and fall together.

    — Joseph Pulitzer
    43
  • I feel the best way to ensure Americans' freedom is to tighten restrictions on that freedom in any way possible. Only through wiretaps, illegal searches and seizures, unfettered government intrusion, a controlled media and a complete crackdown on free speech can we ensure the liberties of all people.

    — John Ashcroft
    38
  • Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth.

    — Liu Xiaobo
    37
  • It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.

    — Abe Fortas
    33
  • You cannot take away freedom to protect it, you cannot destroy the free market to save it, and you cannot uphold freedom of speech by silencing those with whom you disagree. To take rights away to defend them or to spend your way out of debt defies common sense.

    — Glenn Beck
    32
  • I will not abridge my freedoms so as not to offend savages, freedom of speech is under violent assault here.

    — Pamela Geller
    31
  • It is vain to fight totalitarianism by adopting totalitarian methods.

    Freedom can only be won by men unconditionally committed to the principles of freedom. The first requisite for a better social order is the return to unrestricted freedom of thought and speech.

    — Ludwig von Mises
    31
  • Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.

    — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
    30
  • There is no freedom of speech if you're a conservative.

    — Hank Williams, Jr.
    30
  • It is quite unlawful to demand, defend, or to grant unconditional freedom of thought, or speech, of writing or worship, as if these were so many rights given by nature to man.

    — Pope Leo XIII
    30
  • The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy. One's right to life, liberty and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly may not be submitted to vote; they depend on no elections.

    — Robert H. Jackson
    30
  • America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.

    — Benazir Bhutto
    29
  • The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.

    — Grace Kelly
    29
  • Gorbachev gave us freedom of worship and freedom of speech and freedom to see what was going on and freedom to vote, but that freedom won't last unless it is underpinned by economic freedom.

    — Boris Yeltsin
    28
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