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To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. Claude Adrien Helvetius
To speak his thoughts is every freeman's right, in peace and war, in council and in fight. Homer
It is clear that the freedom of expression and opinion is a fundamental right, the mother of all rights. Abid Hussain
Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. Salman Rushdie
I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it. Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Free societies...are societies in motion, and with motion comes tension, dissent, friction. Free people strike sparks, and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom's existence. Salman Rushdie
Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is the hallmark of an authoritarian regime. Justice Potter Stewart
Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection. Colin Powell |
