Limiting Freedom Of Expression Quotes

Limiting Freedom Of Expression Quotes by Viola Spolin, Abba Kovner, Alan Dershowitz, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kurt Huber, Jimmy Wales and many others.

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

We have freedom of speech, but you got to watch what you say.
Viola Spolin
We will not be led like sheep to the slaughter.
Abba Kovner
The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech.
Alan Dershowitz
Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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.
Kurt Huber
I’m a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.
Jimmy Wales
Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.
Salman Rushdie
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.
Kate Adie
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.
Roger Ebert
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.
Geoff Hoon
There’s a time and a place for getting a smart mouth.
J. K. Rowling
A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.
Neil Gaiman
The law is agnostic about truth.
Alan Dershowitz
More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege.
Michael Anti
Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.
Benjamin Franklin
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.
David Icke
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.
Petra Nemcova