Limiting Freedom Of Expression Quotes

There is a time and a place for creativity.

Slavery tolerates no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no freedom of opinion.

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

We have freedom of speech, but you got to watch what you say.

A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law.

There's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth.

I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.

I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their loss. There is a time and a place for vigorous debate on the War on Terror, but during a family's last goodbye is not it.

In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Irans theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules.

Freedom of speech means freedom for those who you despise, and freedom to express the most despicable views. It also means that the government cannot pick and choose which expressions to authorize and which to prevent.

And why do we, who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech, allow people to go to prison and be vilified, and magazines to be closed down on the spot, for suggesting another version of history.

Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.

It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.

I grew up under Communism so we could only learn Russian, and then when Communism fell in 1989 we could learn a few more things and have the freedom to travel and the freedom of speech - and the freedom of dreaming, really.

I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.

A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.

The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.

Without free speech no search for Truth is possible; without free speech no discovery of Truth is useful.

Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. But also, it gave the Chinese a national public sphere for people to, it's like a training of their citizenship, preparing for future democracy.

More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege.

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

Love myself I do. Not everything, but I love the good as well as the bad. I love my crazy lifestyle, and I love my hard discipline. I love my freedom of speech and the way my eyes get dark when I'm tired. I love that I have learned to trust people with my heart, even if it will get broken. I am proud of everything that I am and will become.

It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.

If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

We will not be led like sheep to the slaughter.

Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made this position clear upon passage of the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which prohibited desecration of the flag.

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.

We all have the right of freedom of speech under the First Amendment. We all don't have to agree with one another on our opinions. Everyone in my circle, that I run around with, we all feel the same about God, country, integrity and character.

It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.

The law is agnostic about truth.

The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.

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

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.