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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out. Abbie Hoffman
The public interest is best served by the free exchange of ideas. Judge John Kane
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. Soren Kierkegaard
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism. Wole Soyinka
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. John F. Kennedy
All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we had those old-fashioned values, and I say let's get back to the good old-fashioned First Amendment of the good old-fashioned Constitution of the United States -- and to hell with the censors! Give me knowledge or give me death! Kurt Vonnegut
It is the ferment of ideas, the clash of disagreeing judgments, the privilege of the individual to develop his own thought and shape his own character which makes progress possible. Calvin Coolidge
To hear one voice clearly, we must have freedom to hear them all. Kerry Brock |
