“Our job isn't to defend freedom of speech, but without freedom of speech we are dead. We can't live in a country without freedom of speech. I prefer to die than live like a rat.” CountryJobsDiesSpeechFreedom Of SpeechRats Author:Charb
“Gentlemen, do you know what is the finest speech that I ever in my life heard or read? It is the address of Garibaldi to his Roman soldiers, when he told them: "Soldier, what I have to offer you is fatigue, danger, struggle and death; the chill of the cold night in the free air, and heat under the burning sun; no lodgings, no munitions, no provisions, but forced marches, dangerous watchposts and the continual struggle with the bayonet against batteries;- - those who love freedom and their country may follow me." That is the most glorious speech I ever heard in my life.” KnowsMayCountryNightStruggleSunHeardAirDangerousDangerColdOffersSpeechSoldierBurningHeatGentlemanGloriousAddressesMarchDo You KnowFinestChillFatigueProvisionEloquenceFollow MeBatteriesBayonetsLove FreedomCold NightRoman Soldiers Author:Lajos Kossuth
“With support jobs moving to China and India, it's not surprising that English-speaking countries' top frustration revolves around the difficulty of understanding customer service representatives. However, even if the level of customer service is exceptional, the extent to which poorly-understood accents trump quality of service speaks to English-speaking customers' growing intolerance of non-native speech, more so than in other countries.” IfsCountryJobsMovingSpeakUnderstandingLevelsQualitySupportGrowingTrumpSpeechUnderstoodIndiaDifficultyChinaCustomersNativeFrustrationSurprisingIntoleranceRepresentativesOther CountriesAccentsExceptionalEnglish SpeakingChina And India Author:Bob Hayes
“The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that.” WorldFirstsCountrySpeechCurrentsAmendmentsOther CountriesFreedom Of SpeechFirst Amendment Author:Neil Gaiman
“Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.” PeopleCountryPresidentInterestingSpeechPressesFree SpeechFree Press Book:The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914 Source: The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914
“In a free country every man thinks he has a concern in all public matters,--that he has a right to form and a right to deliver an opinion on them. This it is that fills countries with men of ability in all stations.” ThinkingMenCountryMatterReasonFormFreedomAbilityOpinionSpeechConcernEvery ManStationsFree Country Author:Edmund Burke
“We are now considering legislation based on statistics that include name-calling at public rallies as crimes. Are we going on to the school yards of this country and when two kids get angry with each other and call each other names -- what are we going to do, cart them over to the reformatory or add them to the list of 'hate crimes' perpetrators? This is ridiculous.” TwoCountryKidsSchoolHateNamesCrimeCallingSpeechAngryAddCorruptionListsRidiculousDeceptionStatisticsConsideringYardsLegislationHate CrimeCartsPerpetratorsName Calling Author:Jesse Helms
“Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen the democracy of our great country. It is unfortunate, then, when actions occur that might be interpreted as contrary to this honored tenet.” CountryStatesMightActionUnitedUnited StatesDemocracySpeechDearContraryFreedom Of SpeechUnfortunateHonoredGreat Country Author:Sam Farr
“I was grateful to see President Obama's victory speech. I was over the moon to see the audience. There were about 60 percent white voters the other 40 percent were African Americans, Asian, Spanish speaking etc. I wept at that spectacle, it told me that the pundits that continue in our country to try to polarize us, to keep us apart, are not succeeding. Americans are waking up not only to the truth, but the truth in each other. Hallelujah!” TryingCountryPresidentWhiteAudienceVictoryMoonSucceedSpeechPercentWake UpGratefulOur CountryAfrican AmericanEtcVotersWakingBlack PeoplePresident ObamaAsianHispanicPunditsAsian AmericanHallelujahPolarizing Author:Maya Angelou
“All dignified people in the world, whether Arabs or Muslims or others with dignity, are very proud of the speech made by president Bashar al-Assad a few days ago here in Damascus. For me he is the last Arab ruler, and Syria is the last Arab country. It is the fortress of the remaining dignity of the Arabs, and that's why I'm proud to be here.” PeopleWorldMadeCountryLastsPresidentProudSpeechDignityAlsRulersSyriaFortressesAssadBashar Al Assad Author:George Galloway
“Every now and then, you get people who tend to forget what this country is about, which is a melting pot of races and cultures and freedom of speech.” PeopleCountryCultureForgetRaceSpeechPotNow And ThenFreedom Of SpeechMeltingMelting Pot Author:Maynard James Keenan
“Countries that censor news and information must recognize that from an economic standpoint, there is no distinction between censoring political speech and commercial speech. If businesses in your nations are denied access to either type of information, it will inevitably impact on growth.” IfsCountryPoliticalNationsGrowthEconomicInformationTypeSpeechNewsImpactAccessDistinctionDeniedFreedom Of SpeechStandpointCensoringPolitical Speeches Author:Hillary Clinton
“We owe to democracy, at least in part, the regime of discussion with which we live; we owe it to the principal modern liberties: those of thought, press and association. And the regime of free discussion is the only one which permits the ruling class to renew itself... which eliminates that class quasi-automatically when it no longer corresponds to the interests of the country.” CountryInterestLibertyClassDemocracyModernSpeechPressesDiscussionPermitAssociationRegimesPrincipalRuling Author:Gaetano Mosca
“During a recent event at a restaurant called Tommy's Country Ham House in South Carolina, presidential candidate Ben Carson delivered a speech right after he lost his front tooth. Which still left him with more teeth than everyone combined at Tommy's Country Ham House.” StillsCountryHouseLostLeftFrontsEventsSpeechSouthTeethPresidentialCandidatesRestaurantsCarolinaHamPresidential CandidateSouth CarolinaBen CarsonRecent Events Author:Jimmy Fallon