474 Quotes About Freedom-of-speech

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Hypocrites get offended by the truth.

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

Human history is the canvas, and imagination is the paint.

The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opinion AND have others listen to it. The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!

This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.

If we do not believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we do not believe in it at all.

Please wake me when I'm freeI cannot bear captivity4 I would rather be stricken blindThan 2 live without expression of mind