“Never be silent! Make your opinions known, and do not fear retribution for speaking your mind! The only ones who will aggressively try to silence you are the ones who do not respect the liberties and rights of the individual. Those people deserve our contempt, and when you draw them out of the shadows by exercising your civil right to freedom of speech, they will expose themselves for what they truly are.” PeopleTryingMindPoliticsIndividualSilenceKnownLibertyOpinionRightsExerciseSpeechDrawsShadowDeserveSilentContemptFreedom Of SpeechRetributionDo Not Fear Author:Derek R. Audette
“How many watched the President's speech last night? [half-hearted audience applause] How many watched American Idol ? [thundering applause] Okay, there you go! You get the government you deserve.” GovernmentLastsNightPresidentHalfAudienceSpeechDeserveOkayIdolsLast NightHeartedApplauseAmerican IdolHalf Hearted Author:Jay Leno
“Democrats cannot conceive of "hate speech" towards Christians because, in their eyes, Christians always deserve it.” EyeChristianHateSpeechDeserveDemocratHate Speech Book:Godless: The Church of Liberalism Source: Godless: The Church of Liberalism
“By going on the defensive. [...] libertarians are, inadvertently, conceding that speech should be policed for propriety, and that those who violate standards set by the PC set are somehow defective on those grounds alone and deserve to be purged from "polite" company.” ShouldCompanySpeechStandardsDeserveLibertarianPoliteProprietyDefectiveStandards Set Author:Ilana Mercer
“In terms of political contributions, the free speech rights of corporations I dont think deserve the same protections as the free speech rights of real living, breathing, voting humans.” ThinkingHumansRealPoliticalTermRightsSpeechDeserveProtectionBreathingCorporationsContributionVotingFree Speech Author:Chris Coons
“I would like people to remember that I kept the peace when I was president and I worked for peace, that I espoused human rights in its broadest definition, not only freedom of speech but freedom of assembly, freedom of worship and trial by jury but also the right of people for people to have a decent home to live, food to eat, employment, healthcare, self respect, dignity. So I think the broad gamut of human rights, peace and freedom. I would like to be remembered for those things to the degree that I deserve it and I still have a long way to go.” PeopleThinkingWayHumansLongStillsSelfHomeRememberPresidentRightsSpeechDegreesWorshipDeserveDignityHuman RightsDefinitionsTrialsEmploymentRememberedDecentSelf RespectBroadsHealthcareFreedom Of SpeechLong WayJuryAssemblyLong Way To GoTrial By JuryFreedom Of Assembly Author:Jimmy Carter
“For I conclude that the enemy is not lipstick, but guilt itself; that we deserve lipstick, if we want it, AND free speech; we deserve to be sexual AND serious--or whatever we please; we are entitled to wear cowboy boots to our own revolution.” IfsWantEnemySeriousRevolutionPleaseSpeechDeserveGuiltBootsFree SpeechEntitledCowboyLipstickCowboy Boot Author:Naomi Wolf
“The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. The government may not, through the C.D.A., interrupt that conversation. As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest protection from governmental intrusion.” FirstsMayGovernmentFormAsksPrinciplesTechnologyAmountInternetConversationLimitsSpeechHighestMassDeserveArgumentCourtProtectionAmendmentsFirst AmendmentNever EndingAvailabilityIntrusion Author:Stewart Dalzell