Quotes about Free speech

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It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actua — Stephen Fry
It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do. — E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
Yawns are not the only infectious things out there besides germs.Giggles can spread from person to person.So can blushin — Vera Nazarian
Truthfully, wicked people reveal themselves in words first, to inhibit speech would inhibit us seeing the wicked before — Leviak B. Kelly, Religion: The Ultimate STD: Living a Spiritual Life without Dogmatics or Cultural Destruction
Now she understood a few things: that the American academy, which one might have thought the place to defend freedom of — Padgett Powell, Mrs. Hollingsworth's Men
No idea is above scrutiny and no people are beneath dignity. — Maajid Nawaz, Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue
On peut rire de tout mais pas avec n'importe qui. — Coluche
Nobody ever wanted to go to war, but if a war came your way, it might as well be the right war, about the most important — Salman Rushdie, Joseph Anton: A Memoir
All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Nobody has the right to not be offended. That right doesn't exist in any declaration I have ever read. If you are offend — Salman Rushdie
[I]n my own case at least I feel my professional need for freedom of speech and expression prejudices me toward a govern — John Updike
Long before it was known to me as a place where my ancestry was even remotely involved, the idea of a state for Jews (or — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. — Søren Kierkegaard
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire. — Abbie Hoffman
Do not make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice. — Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason
We live in a world in which people are censured, demoted, imprisoned, beheaded, simply because they have opened their mo — Daniel M. Gilbert
I once had a mind of quicksand,That dragged ideas into its depths,Inhaling specks of sunlight,Every time I drew a breath — Erin Hanson
Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This r — Salman Rushdie
The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the op — George Orwell