“Why should not the camera artist break away from the worn out conventions and claim the freedom of expression which any art must have to be alive.” ShouldArtArtistBreakAliveExpressionClaimsCamerasConventionsWornFreedom Of ExpressionWorn Out Author:Alvin Langdon Coburn
“Economy and ideology. The claim (presented as an essential postulate of historical materialism) that every fluctuation of politics and ideology can be presented and expounded as an immediate expression of the structure, must be contested in theory as primitive infantilism, and combated in practice with the authentic testimony of Marx, the author of concrete political and historical works.” PoliticalPracticeEconomyExpressionTheoryEssentialsClaimsStructureHistoricalIdeologyMaterialismConcretePrimitiveTestimonyFluctuation Author:Antonio Gramsci
“Procedure is the bone structure of a democratic society. Our scheme of law affords great latitude for dissent and opposition. It compels wide tolerance not only for their expression but also for the organization of people and forces to bring about the acceptance of the dissenter's claim....We have alternatives to violence.” PeopleLawForceJusticeViolenceAcceptanceExpressionOrganizationClaimsStructureDemocraticBonesWideToleranceAlternativesOppositionSchemesProceduresDissentDemocratic SocietyLatitude Author:Abe Fortas
“Western countries allow no freedom of expression, which they claim to advocate, with regard to the myth of the massacre of Jews known as the holocaust, and nobody in the West enjoys the freedom of expression to deny it or raise doubts about it.” CountryEnjoyKnownDoubtExpressionClaimsRegardRaisesWestWesternJewDenyMythBillionsHolocaustFreedom Of ExpressionSanctityMassacres Author:Ali Khamenei
“No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?” MayArtSelfPhilosophyEarthHistoryExpressionClaimsPearlsSelf ExpressionOysters Author:C. S. Lewis
“I've always wanted to have tattoos. I grew up around people who were very tattooed. It's a self-expression thing; it's also helped me claim my body as my own. So I think it's really positive. It's really joyful.” PeopleThinkingSelfBodyWantedMy OwnExpressionGrewGrew UpClaimsJoyfulTattooSelf ExpressionTattooedReally Positive Author:Margaret Cho
“To one completely committed to this realm of becoming, as are the empiricists, the claim to apprehend verities is a sign of psychopathology. Probably we have here but a highly sophisticated expression of the doctrine that ideals are hallucination and that the only normal, sane person is the healthy extrovert, making instant, instinctive adjustments to the stimuli of the material world.” WorldPersonsExpressionMaterialsBecomingHealthyNormalIdealsClaimsCommittedDoctrineRealmsInstantSaneSophisticatedStimulusAdjustmentHallucinationsMaterial WorldExtrovertsPsychopathology Book:Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition Source: Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition
“Simply according artistic works the same protection as nonartistic works may not be sufficient to protect creativity. After all, the very essence of artistic expression is invention and artists necessarily draw on their own experience. But if the rules of liability are unclear, artists will not be able to know how much disguise is sufficient to protect their claims from the claims of those who may see themselves in the portrayals.” IfsKnowsMayAbleArtistResponsibilityCreativityKnow HowExpressionProtectSpeechDrawsEssenceConstitutionClaimsProtectionInventionArtisticSufficientDisguiseLiabilityArtistic ExpressionPortrayalUnclear Author:Irving Kaufman
“Over the pope as expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority, there stands one's own conscience which must be obeyed before all else, even if necessary against the requirement of ecclesiastical authority.” IfsExpressionAuthorityConscienceClaimsPopeRequirementsBinding Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“I do think there is an enhanced awareness of insecurity and vulnerability that induces anxiety that creates pressure on teachers and administrators to offer simplistic explanations and to be resistant to expressions of attitudes that can be viewed as unpatriotic, which is further interpreted as applicable to any tendency to challenge the government when it claims to be acting overseas to avoid repetitions of 9/11 or to encroach on domestic freedom to identify suspicious persons and behaviors.” ThinkingPersonsGovernmentChallengesActingAttitudeTeacherAwarenessExpressionOffersBehaviorAnxietyClaimsPressureTendenciesExplanationVulnerabilityInsecurityRepetitionSuspiciousAdministratorsUnpatriotic Author:Richard A. Falk
“I try to look at the evolution of these utopian claims. In the late '60s there was an assumption that the wealth generated by industry would be taxed and then put into social programs and it would provide a baseline of stability that would allow people to have the time for self-expression; and that social contract has eroded over the last four decades and now it's every person for themselves.” PeopleTryingLooksPersonsSelfWould BeLastsSocialWealthFourExpressionIndustryEvolutionLateProgramClaimsDecadesAssumptionContractsStabilitySelf ExpressionUtopianSocial ContractSocial Programs Author:Astra Taylor
“The hallmark of religion is to distrust claims made for mortal men. It is in ages of great religious faith that great skepticism can find expression.” MenMadeAgeReligiousExpressionClaimsMortalsSkepticismDistrustReligious FaithHallmarkGreat Religious Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“We forget that, although freedom of speech constitutes an important victory in the battle against old restraints, modern man is in a position where much of what "he" thinks and says are the things that everybody else thinks and says; that he has not acquired the ability to think originally - that is, for himself - which alone gives meaning to his claim that nobody can interfere with the expression of his thoughts.” ThinkingMenGivingImportantAbilityForgetModernPositionExpressionVictoryBattleSpeechClaimsFreedom Of SpeechInterfereRestraintModern Man Book:Escape from Freedom Source: Escape from Freedom
“There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The person who will not refrain from expressing his or her sentiments and manifesting his or her feelings, however unfit the time, however inappropriate the place, however painful this expression may be, lays claim, forsooth, to our approbation as an honest person, and sneers at those of finer sensibilities as hypocrites.” MayPersonsFeelingsHonestHonestyExpressionDecidedClaimsLaysPainfulSelfishnessSentimentsManifestDisguiseSensibilityHypocriteRefrainInappropriateSneerHonest Person Author:Arthur Helps
“No, nothing is sacred. And even if there were to be something called sacred, we mere primates wouldn't be able to decide which book or which idol or which city was the truly holy one. Thus, the only thing that should be upheld at all costs and without qualification is the right of free expression, because if that goes, then so do all other claims of right as well.” IfsShouldWellsBookAbleCitiesExpressionHolyCostClaimsSacredMereIdolsQualificationsPrimatesFree Expression Author:Christopher Hitchens