I know it when I see itJacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 (1964), concurring op.
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so good.
Those who claim to be hurt by words must be led to expect nothing as compensation. Otherwise, once they learn they can get something by claiming to be hurt, they will go into the business of being off...
To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity.
The measure of man's ability to extend the sphere of social possibility can only start with the values of democracy.
If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, wh...
THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE WHILE LIES SHALL PUT YOU IN JAIL
Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech; which is the Right of every Man, as far as by it, he does not hurt or...
Self-expression has to come out pure. It has to have an environment waiting for it. It has to have a garden it can plant itself in.
If we do not believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we do not believe in it at all.
Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship.
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.
The only truth is that we cannot speak the truth . The only acceptable viewpoint is that we cannot express a viewpoint.
There might, Gentlemen, be an impropriety in my taking notice, in this Address to you, of an anonymous production, but the manner in which that performance has been introduced to the army, the effect...
Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.
Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.
I have a decision to go, but I am not sure to choose which other prison on the earth.
Freedom of speech means setting words free. Imprisoned and freed words are consequential. All words have consequences. Restrain and release words with respect for their consequentialness.
It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.
Your true freedom is making your own decisions.
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