My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get...
Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free.
Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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.
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
You can't pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be against all of it.
A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
Freedom of speech is detestable only to those who have no desire to think for themselves.
Sunglasses are more useful to a blind man than freedom of speech is to a man who does not think for himself.
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a sourc...
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
The height of human achievement and glory, Muhammad.
Actually, I am a coward. I say only what is safe to say, and I criticise only what is permissable to criticise.
The only truth is that we cannot speak the truth . The only acceptable viewpoint is that we cannot express a viewpoint.
Why is contemporary China short of works that speak directly? Because we writers cannot speak directly, or rather we can only speak in an indirect way.Why does contemporary China lack good works that...
I want to be part of the happiness team - let's create the happiness team - from love, not greed, love of life & our planet, true & free.
Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought.
When there is liberty, you expect a higher degree of freedom and not human rights abuse.
This morning I woke up, how blessed I am Eyes to see, a voice to speak Words to read and love to feel? If this isn't something to be thankful for, I'm not sure what is.
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 w...
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