“During the last dozen years the tales of suppression of free assemblage, free press, and free speech, by local authorities or the State operating under martial law have been so numerous as to have become an old story. They are attacked at the instigation of an economically and socially powerful class, itself enjoying to the full the advantages of free communications, but bent on denying them to the class it holds within its power.” YearsHas BeensWarStatesStoriesLastsLawEnjoyPowerfulClassPowerMilitaryCommunicationSpeechAuthorityAdvantageEconomicsConstitutionPressesLocalsTalesOppressionDozenFree SpeechBentDespotismSuppressionFree PressAssemblageMartial Law Author:Edward Alsworth Ross
“It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.” GivenMilitaryPoetSpeechArmySoldierFreedom Of SpeechVeteranArmed ForcesVeterans DayInspirational MilitaryOur VeteransAmerican SoldierHonoring VeteransAmerican MilitaryHonoring Our VeteransVeterans Day Thank YouThank A VeteranUs MilitaryVeterans Day InspirationalVeterans Day PoemsHappy Veterans DayMilitary SoldierVeteran AppreciationArmed Forces DayFunny Veterans DayVeterans Day AppreciationAmerican VeteransUs VeteransMilitary MemorialBrave SoldiersMy SoldierVeteran MemorialMilitary VeteranVeterans And FreedomThanking Our VeteransVeterans BraveryJoining The ArmyServing In The MilitaryOld SoldiersMemorial Day SoldiersJoining The Military Author:Zell Miller
“We civilians defend our own right to free speech. The military in Iraq does not defend our right to free speech.” DoeMilitarySpeechIraqFree SpeechCivilians Author:Medea Benjamin
“In a dictatorship there is no choice, the elections are controlled, the police are the military, fear equals control, speech is suppressed, the economy is looted, the people are slaves.” PeopleChoicesEconomyMilitarySpeechPoliceElectionSlaveControlledDictatorship Author:Alex Jones
“Well, human rights defenders, freedom of speech advocates, lawyers that we spoke to said this is really an expansion. After the military ouster of Egypt's unpopular, but elected Islamist president in 2013, we saw political opponents being arrested by the thousands, really. Then we saw a popular comedian go off the air out of fear of retribution.” HumansWellsSaidPoliticalPresidentSawsRightsAirMilitarySpeechHuman RightsLawyerComedianOpponentsSpokesFreedom Of SpeechExpansionEgyptArrestedRetributionDefendersIslamistsPolitical Opponents Author:Leila Fadel
“Getting a lot of applause, announcing military reforms and upgrades. It's a really good speech [of Donald Trump].” MilitaryTrumpSpeechReformApplauseAnnouncing Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump in Philadelphia, and he's delivering a very substantive speech on military preparedness, the status of the current military. He detailed the deterioration of the U.S. military in the past eight years and explained how he's going to rebuild it and why we need to, and it's a very tough audience. It's an expressly military audience, and they are of course listening for any sign that he's not really genuine here. I think, knocking this out of the park as far as that audience is concerned.” ThinkingNeedsYearsPastCoursesAudienceMilitaryListeningTrumpSpeechToughConcernedCurrentsEightGenuineParksKnockingPhiladelphiaDeliveringPreparednessDeterioration Author:Rush Limbaugh
“So [Donald ] Trump gave a speech on national security and military affairs to a military-themed audience in Philadelphia, and there was no vulgarity in it. There was no bombast. There wasn't any of the usual Trump braggadocio. It was a teleprompter speech, but it was serious, studious, and it represented a solid understanding of issues and of the status quo.” UnderstandingAudienceIssuesSecurityMilitarySeriousTrumpSpeechAffairUsualNational SecurityStatus QuoPhiladelphiaVulgarityStudious Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I see a comparison between the two [Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump]. Peace through strength. What Chris Matthews don't grasp is that day Donald Trump gave a speech in which he said he's going to build the U.S. military up to Ronald Reagan levels.” SaidTwoLevelsMilitaryTrumpSpeechComparisonMatthewPeace Through Strength Author:Rudy Giuliani