Freedom Of Speech Quotes Quotes

“Cancel culture is a term bounced around by people afraid of accountability. But freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.”
― Monisha Rajesh

“Our First Amendment freedoms give us the right to think what we like and say what we please. And if we the people are to govern ourselves, we must have these rights even if they are misused by a minority.”
― James Madison

“Why do some people feel offended by the word shit, but not by the word poop? Because some little old lady at the FCC decided that
good citizens don't use the word shit, and suddenly using a word like shit or fuck becomes an act of civil disobedience. Suddenly a little four-letter word has the power to shock.”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, Bad Choices Make Good Stories - Going to New York

“There is no such thing as free speech absolutism. It’s really just an opportunity to use hate speech and the denigration of minorities.”
― Gina Gwenffrewi (Ed.)

“A lot of bands make two different music videos for their latest songs. A censored version for American TV, and an uncensored version that includes nudity for European music stations. The so-called Land of The Free doesn't seem so free anymore, when you realize that other countries have a lot more freedom.”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, Bad Choices Make Good Stories - Going to New York

“Why do some people feel offended by the word shit, but not by the word poop? Because some little old lady at the FCC decided that good citizens don't use the word shit, and suddenly using a word like shit or fuck becomes an act of civil disobedience. Suddenly a little four-letter word has the power to shock.”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, Bad Choices Make Good Stories - Going to New York

“Having the freedom of speech doesn’t mean saying whatever you want, it means saying what’s humane, hateless and non-prejudicial.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Citizens of Peace: Beyond the Savagery of Sovereignty

“Freedom of speech is a fallacy, it is not absolute. It can be hailed absolute only if the person possessing it, has the conscience to distinguish the right from the wrong, justice from injustice, acceptance from discrimination.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Citizens of Peace: Beyond the Savagery of Sovereignty

“Freedom isn’t a thought or a philosophy. Freedom is an act of many choices. Freedom is an environment you create so that when things go wrong, you have the flexibility to fix them, prevent reoccurrences and restructure for a better future.”
― Richie Norton

“Americans, you can’t say anything about them or you might get sued. It's the American freedom of speech kind of thing. No, no, no, in America talk is not cheap. You say, you pay!”
― Carol Vorvain, OMSARUZ: Humorous tales from Oman, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan

“Speech is a natural right. God gave us each a mind, a conscience, and the power to articulate what weighs on them. Only a fool seeks to silence those who disagree with him.”
“Only a fool? Doesn’t every man find disagreement to be disagreeable?”
“You studied Euclid. In geometry, is A farther from B or is B farther from A?”
She frowned. They had been discussing Locke, not Euclid. “They’re the same.”
“Correct. And so it is in every disagreement. The difference is as great on each side. Herein is the great mystery of government. The opinions of our elected representatives are as diverse as those of the voters who elected them. It is in the collision of truth and opinions that we create a unified voice.”
― Stephanie McRae

“Free speech is when the left-wing dislike but allow the words and thoughts of the right-wing, and the right-wing dislike but allow the words and thoughts of the left-wing. What we are experiencing now in Western democracies, is the left-wing not only disallowing the words and thoughts of the right-wing, but also the words and thoughts of the moderates. Any such imbalance is dangerous to society.”
― Robert Black