George Orwell
Writer, Journalist
"Free speech is my right to say what you don't want to hear."
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Free Speech
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Voltaire
Philosopher, Writer
"The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech."
Mother Jones
Labor Activist
"You must stand for free speech in the streets."
Rachel Martin
Journalist
"Free speech in Bangladesh can get you killed"
Barack Obama
Politician
"We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech - because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth."
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"Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have."
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"New and stirring things are belittled because if they are not belittled the humiliating question arises 'Why then are you not taking part in them?"
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"Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily."
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"Redefine the possible."
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"Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend."
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"There is no such thing as part freedom."
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"It's not Big Brother that we now have to be afraid of, but Big Browser."
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"Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech."
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"The case for democracy is not esthetic."
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"None but the dead have free speech."
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