Quotes about Free speech

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The struggle for a free intelligence has always been a struggle between the ironic and the literal mind. — Christopher Hitchens
This is a forum for readers. Authors walk these halls at their own risk. I’ve been to the Coliseum in Rome. GR is just t — Willow Madison
I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as t — William Lloyd Garrison
Twitter, far from fostering debate and broadening minds, has turned us into a hive of scolds. Angry mobs wait on the sid — Mick Hume
I am bound to accord you, in the name of free speech, the full right to shout, lie and write to your heart’s content. Bu — Vladimir Lenin
Our country is the only one that truly permits you to speak bad of your country, so you really shouldn’t say anything ba — James Rozoff
Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you — Edward Snowden
Potentially, anyone writing on the Web can reach a global audience. In practice, hardly anyone ever does. — Nick Cohen, You Can't Read This Book: Censorship in an Age of Freedom
If we do not believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we do not believe in it at all. — Noam Chomsky
It's freedom of speech, not freedom from consequences and/or ridicule. — A.E. Samaan
It is the press, above all, which wages a positively fanatical and slanderous struggle, tearing down everything which ca — Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf
A study of the San Francisco Beat enclave by psychiatrist Dr. Francis Rigney in the late 1950's showed 60 percent "were — Jack Newfield
I detect the activist returning with a vengence. — E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
Article 191. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference.2. Everyone shall have the right to fre — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights