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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. Frederick Douglass
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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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It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own. Herbert Hoover
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The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny. Hugo Black
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Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth. Liu Xiaobo
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Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection. Neal Boortz
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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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Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed. Anna Quindlen
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Donald Trump and the First Amendment, it's not a beautiful match; it's not a match made in heaven. Between the free speech rights that he has not defended and the freedom of the press, which he has not defended, it's problematic. Megyn Kelly
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One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting. Salman Rushdie
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You know, everybody believes in free speech until you start questioning them about it. Larry Flynt
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I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned. Lucy Stone
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Of all the threats to free speech in history, the one the media give the most credibility to without question is the feminist movement, which is trying to rebrand public debate as harassment. Milo Yiannopoulos
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Protecting free speech is not only a matter of principle, it is also pragmatic. Amal Clooney
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Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the pretentious bubbles politicians and pundits and popes and pretenders try to float over our heads. Denis Leary
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I'm a free speech bigot. I don't like censorship; I just don't think it's a good thing. Fred Wilson
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The Right isn't violent; the Left is. By allowing these sociopaths to shut down free speech with violence, you are all but demanding a war. Gavin McInnes
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It's always easy to get people to condemn threats to free speech when the speech being threatened is speech that they like. It's much more difficult to induce support for free speech rights when the speech being punished is speech they find repellent. Glenn Greenwald
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Free speech rights means that government officials are barred from creating lists of approved and disapproved political ideas and then using the power of the state to enforce those preferences. Glenn Greenwald
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I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job to make sure the majority of people laugh, and I believe that comedy is the last true form of free speech. Jeff Dunham
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This country is built on free speech. John Hickenlooper
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Free speech is not just another value. It's the foundation of Western civilization. Jordan Peterson
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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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With honest discussion, free speech, let people's voices be heard. Ron Johnson
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Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen. Warren E. Burger
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Conservatives like to insist that their judges are strict constructionists, giving the Constitution and statutes their precise meaning and no more, while judges like Ms. Sotomayor are activists. But there is no magic right way to interpret terms like 'free speech' or 'due process' - or potato chip. Adam Cohen
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