I know it when I see itJacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 (1964), concurring op.
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...
My freedom to say 'No' directly underscores your freedom to say 'Yes'. RESPECT my freedom to PROTECT your freedom.
The measure of man's ability to extend the sphere of social possibility can only start with the values of democracy.
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.
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...
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
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.
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.
Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.
Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship.
The only truth is that we cannot speak the truth . The only acceptable viewpoint is that we cannot express a viewpoint.
Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.
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...
I have a decision to go, but I am not sure to choose which other prison on the earth.
It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.
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.
We are all free to be assholes, but we are not free to do so without consequence.