#free speech

Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have. ↗

— Mark Thomas

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Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. ↗

— Charles Bradlaugh

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Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

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When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

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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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I don't think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech. ↗

— Loretta Swit

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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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