“I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid.” IfsFeelsWholeLostLibertyToo MuchExpressionLyrical Author:Sean William Scott
“Liberty of thought soon shrivels without freedom of expression. Nor can truth be pursued in an atmosphere hostile to the endeavor or under dangers which are hazarded only by heroes.” TruthJusticeLibertyDangerExpressionHeroTruth IsAtmosphereEndeavorHostilePursuedFreedom Of Expression Author:Felix Frankfurter
“We live in a free country. While patriotism is important, liberty of thought and liberty of expression are even more important.” ImportantCountryLibertyExpressionFree Country Author:James Green
“What joins the Americans one to another is not a common ancestry, language or race, but a shared work of the imagination that looks forward to the making of a future, not backward to the insignia of the past. Their enterprise is underwritten by a Constitution that allows for the widest horizons of sight and the broadest range of expression, supports the liberties of the people as opposed to the ambitions of the state, and stands as premise for a narrative rather than plan for an invasion or a monument. The narrative was always plural; not one story, many stories.” PeopleLooksStatesStoriesAmericaPastLanguageImaginationCommonRaceLibertySupportPlansExpressionAmbitionSightConstitutionNarrativeRangeEnterpriseHorizonMonumentInvasionPremisesAncestry Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“Learning has been as great a Loser by being shut up in Colleges and Cells, and secluded from the World and good Company. By that Means, every Thing of what we call Belles Lettres became totally barbarous, being cultivated by Men without any Taste of Life or Manners, and without that Liberty and Facility of Thought and Expression, which can only be acquir'd by Conversation.” MenWorldMeanHas BeensCompanyLibertyLearningCollegeExpressionTasteConversationCellsMannersLoserShut UpFacilityGood CompanySecludedTaste Of Life Book:Essays Moral, Political, and Literary Source: Essays Moral, Political, and Literary
“At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas and opinions on matters of public interest and concern. The freedom to speak one's mind is not only an aspect of individual liberty - and thus a good unto itself - but also is essential to the common quest for truth and the vitality of society as a whole. We have therefore been particularly vigilant to ensure that individual expressions of ideas remain free from governmentally imposed sanctions.” MindFirstsHeartIdeasMatterWholeIndividualSpeakInterestCommonLibertyOpinionExpressionEssentialsConcernAspectFlowImportanceFundamentalsRecognitionAmendmentsQuestsFreedom Of SpeechVitalityFirst AmendmentSanctionsVigilantIndividual LibertyPublic InterestIndividual Expression Author:William Rehnquist
“The church in all ages and among all peoples has been the consistent enemy of the human race. Everywhere and at all times, it has opposed the liberty of thought and expression. It has been the sworn enemy of investigation and intellectual development. It has denied the existence of facts, the tendency of which was to undermine its power. It has always been carrying fagots to the feet of Philosophy. It has erected the gallows for Genius. It has built the dungeon for Thinkers.” HumansHas BeensPhilosophyFactsAgeEvilChurchReligiousRaceExistenceLibertyEnemyFeetExpressionDevelopmentGeniusIntellectualBuiltTendenciesAll TimeHuman RaceConsistentThinkerDeniedInvestigationDungeonsGallowsIntellectual DevelopmentFagots Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Now, you receive all your ideas; therefore you receive your wish, you wish therefore necessarily. The word "liberty" does not therefore belong in any way to your will....The will, therefore, is not a faculty that one can call free. A free will is an expression absolutely void of sense, and what the scholastics have called will of indifference, that is to say willing without cause, is a chimera unworthy of being combated.” WayDoeIdeasWishCausesLibertyWillingExpressionIndifferenceFree WillFacultyVoidWish YouUnworthyChimeraScholastics Author:Voltaire
“In Kashmir, rights relating to life, liberty, dignity of the people, and freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution, embodied in the fundamental covenants and enforceable by courts of law, have been gravely violated.” PeopleHas BeensLawLibertyRightsExpressionDignityConstitutionFundamentalsCourtCovenantFreedom Of ExpressionKashmir Author:Nyla Ali Khan