“I do not think that safety should be bought at the cost of complicating the expression of good solutions to real-life problems.” ThinkingShouldRealProblemExpressionCostSolutionsSafetyReal Life Author:Bjarne Stroustrup
“In the national debate about a serious issue, it is the expression of the minority's viewpoint that most demands the protection of the First Amendment. Whatever the better policy may be, a full and frank discussion of the costs and benefits of the attempt to prohibit the use of marijuana is far wiser than suppression of speech because it is unpopular.” FirstsMayUseIssuesPolicySeriousExpressionCostDemandSpeechBenefitsProtectionDebateDiscussionMinoritiesMarijuanaAmendmentsFrankFreedom Of SpeechWiserFirst AmendmentViewpointsSuppressionSerious Issues Author:John Paul Stevens
“Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are commonly found together. Obscurity and affectation are the two greatest faults of style. Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas; and the same wish to dazzle, at any cost, which produces affectation in the manner of a writer, is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings.” TwoIdeasTogetherFoundWishStyleProduceExpressionCostSpringFaultsConfusionReasoningObscurityProprietyDazzleDictionSophistry Book:Machiavelli : the Founder of the Political Source: Machiavelli : the Founder of the Political
“But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multiparty democracy.” HumansSelfTodayFreedomPartyDemocracyRightsExpressionCostHuman RightsSignificantCensorshipFreedom Of ExpressionDemocracy FreedomSelf Censorship Author:Phil Robertson