#free speech

The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer' kind of way, but also in the free speech kind of way. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. ↗

— Bell Hooks

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Everybody favours free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground. ↗

— Heywood Broun

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If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.' ↗

— Robin Quivers

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All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

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In our period, they say there is free speech. They say there is no penalty for poets, There is no penalty for writing poems. They say this. This is the penalty. ↗

— Muriel Rukeyser

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Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

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Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been suppressed. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted. ↗

— Larry Flynt

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These are all voluntary resources which help parents sort out the choices without infringing on the artists' rights to free speech, which is something that we respect. ↗

— Tipper Gore

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