Top 1200 Freedom Of Speech And Expression Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.

The fundamentals that founded our great nation included the freedom of speech and religion.

The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: Are my trousers long enough?' Is my veil in place?' Can my make-up be seen?' Are they going to whip me?' No longer asks herself: Where is my freedom of thought?' Where is my freedom of speech?' My life, is it livable?' What's going on in the political prisons?

Flash is about freedom; Flash is about expression. Flash is about just the joy of exuberant running and of freedom, and the moment you weight him down with too much Batman-like baggage... that's not the Flash anymore.

I will not abridge my freedoms so as not to offend savages, freedom of speech is under violent assault here.

Without freedom of expression, good taste means nothing.

Too many people - some of them judges - seem to think that freedom of speech means freedom from consequences for what you have said. If you believe that, try insulting your boss when you go to work tomorrow. Better yet, try insulting your spouse before going to bed tonight.

Freedom of expression does not extend to insulting the Prophets of Allah.

I would rather put up with Rush Limbaugh and live in a country where we all do have freedom of speech.

I would hope to inspire in my listeners a feeling of freedom - of speech, thought and political activity.

Al Jazeera is known in the Arab world as the voice of freedom of expression.

Having everything is just an expression of complete inner freedom.

Freedom of expression is no longer a political nicety, but a precondition for economic competitiveness.

Man must be able to think freely and he must be able to express his thoughts freely! He who is against this is not only fascist and primitive but at the same time is a very great coward also! Only the brave and the honourable men are never afraid of freedom of thought and freedom of expression of ideas! Just like the cockroaches do not like the light, evil minds also do not like the freedom of thoughts!

The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech.

While people can differ on the issues, no one should seek to discourage freedom of speech.

It is not always easy to balance freedom of expression with the needs of the justice system.

The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.

There is more than one kind of freedom," said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it.

I vote Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.

For the introvert, conversation can be a very limited forum for self expression. When a song moves you, a writer gets you or a theory enlightens you, you and its creator are connecting in a realm beyond sight or speech.

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

I don't think people know what freedom of expression really means.

Total freedom of expression does not compensate for lack of talent.

Freedom of expression, innovation, and choice drive our economy.

Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality. Freedom of speech, freedom of religious thought, and the right to due process for composers, performers and retailers are imperiled if the PMRC and the major labels consummate this nasty bargain.

Style as a concept has been hijacked to mean elite, refined and expensive when it should be thought of as a basic expression of life in much the same way as we all identify with music or speech.

Abuses of the freedom of speech ought to be repressed, but to whom are we to commit the power of doing it?

I forget, is freedom of speech when it's legal to say what you want or is it when it has no consequences for some reason?

If you want to be free, or you want to preserve freedom for people, you both need to have laws that make it so people have freedom of speech and all the freedoms that they need. You also need to have an open governance system where people can vote and people have representation.

A single party is ruling in Hungary, but democracy and the freedom of speech are still in place.

We live in a democratic country, and in a democracy freedom of speech is for the people and also for the leaders.

I realize that men and women of the military go out and sacrifice their lives and put their selves in harm's way for my freedom of speech and my freedoms in this country, and my freedom to take a seat or take a knee, so I have the utmost respect for them, and I think what I did was taken out of context and spun a different way.

One of the great rights as an American citizen is freedom of speech, one of the things that makes this country what it is.

Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.

The freedom from something is not true freedom. The freedom to do anything you want to do is also not the freedom I am talking about. My vision of freedom is to be yourself.

Character is not the enemy of self-expression and personal freedom, it is their necessary precondition.

People who think of children's nudity as a tool don't need freedom of expression.

I think our fans and NFL fans are very passionate about our country and our men and women who fight for our freedom, our freedom to free speech and free protest for that matter.

Protecting basic rights such as freedom of expression enhances social stability.

I would say that not many German people are still alive, who experienced what happened during the third reich. We don't have to go to the Stasi, we can go to the Gestapo, and see what happens, when your human rights, your ability to a freedom of expression and a freedom of thought is infringed upon. This is terribly, terribly dangerous territory.

People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression.

When Al Gore picked Joe Lieberman to be his running mate in the 2000 presidential campaign, Eszterhas wrote "Joe Lieberman frightens me. Why should we, an Hollywood voter, donate money to a man who threatens our creative freedom, our freedom of expression."

The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.

For what good is freedom of expression if you lack the means to express yourself?

Freedom of expression is essential for feminists and dissidents in the Muslim world.

Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action.

Advocates of 'free speech' often repeat the mantra that the best response to bad speech is more and better speech, not the suppression of the bad stuff.

You cannot take away freedom to protect it, you cannot destroy the free market to save it, and you cannot uphold freedom of speech by silencing those with whom you disagree. To take rights away to defend them or to spend your way out of debt defies common sense.

I definitely didn't fit in perfectly to the school system. I was raised with such freedom of speech and thinking.

We want freedom. We want freedom from the constraints of the cycles of the sun and the moon. We want freedom from drought and weather, freedom from the movement of game, the growth of plants, freedom from control from mendacious popes and kings, freedom from ideology, freedom from want. This idea of freeing ourselves has become the compass of the human journey.

In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.

There shouldn't be any censorship. This is America. There shouldn't be any of this freedom of the press, freedom of expression, but having said that, I think what's important is that people who make movies don't try to falsely lure people in to see the movie that don't want to be there. A kid should not see Evil Dead and we knew that.

We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed.

I fashion the expression of my face, as accurately as possible, in accordance with the expression of his, and then wait to see what thoughts or sentiments arise in my mind or heart, as if to match or correspond with the expression.

The fountain is my speech. The tulips are my speech. The grass and trees are my speech.

Here is my advice as we begin the century that will lead to 2081. First, guard the freedom of ideas at all costs. Be alert that dictators have always played on the natural human tendency to blame others and to oversimplify. And don't regard yourself as a guardian of freedom unless you respect and preserve the rights of people you disagree with to free, public, unhampered expression.

Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom. I mean real freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express. Freedom to pour out your guts.

Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.

I'm a believer in the Constitution and in the First Amendment. Not just for raising money but also for freedom of speech.