Quotes: Free speech

I don’t think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech.

That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.

The fact that we’re protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it’s a wonderful thing. You’ve got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.

All the big powers they’ve silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right.

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

While even pornography is protected as free speech, the courts have consciously undermined religious speech and freedom of religion for years.

Everybody favours free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground.

Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag’s fundamental nature.

By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.

When the public’s right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.