“It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and free speech. Only a poet can capture the essence of chaos.” EasyOpinionPositionPoetSpeechEssenceChaosAdvertisingCaptureFree Speech Author:Bill Vaughan
“the heaviest restriction upon the freedom of public opinion is not the official censorship of the Press, but the unofficial censorship by a Press which exists not so much to express opinion as to manufacture it.” OpinionMediaPressesNewspapersJournalismOfficialsCensorshipFree SpeechPublic OpinionRestriction Author:Dorothy L. Sayers
“The common interests very largely elude public opinion entirely, and can be managed only by a specialised class.” InterestCommonOpinionClassInternetFree SpeechPublic OpinionEludeCommon Interests Book:Public Opinion Source: Public Opinion
“A well-functioning democracy has a culture of free speech, not simply legal protection of free speech. It encourages independence of mind. It imparts a willingness to challenge prevailing opinion through both words and deeds. Equally important, it encourages a certain set of attitudes in listeners, one that gives a respectful hearing to those who do not embrace the conventional wisdom. In a culture of free speech, the attitude of listeners is no less important than that of speakers.” GivingMindWellsImportantCertainCultureChallengesAttitudeOpinionDemocracySpeechIndependenceEmbraceDeedsHearingProtectionWillingnessSpeakersFree SpeechConventionalListenersRespectfulImpartPrevailingDemocracies HaveConventional Wisdom Author:Cass Sunstein
“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power. Thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, founded in injustice and wrong, are sure to tremble, if men are allowed to reason... Equally clear is the right to hear. To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.” IfsKnowsMenFirstsWellsReasonLibertyOpinionClearRightsSpeechInjusticeStrikesTyrantsMeaninglessSpeakersDreadFree SpeechThronesDominion Book:Frederick Douglass: 100 Quotes on Bondage, Perseverance, and Redemption Source: Frederick Douglass: 100 Quotes on Bondage, Perseverance, and Redemption
“We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe in America. How else is the world to take America seriously, when democracy at home is daily being outraged, free speech suppressed, peaceable assemblies broken up by overbearing and brutal gangsters in uniform; when free press is curtailed and every independent opinion gagged? Verily, poor as we are in democracy, how can we give of it to the world?” IfsWorldGivingFirstsWarHomeAmericaPoorOpinionDemocracyBrokenSafeSpeechIndependentPressesFree SpeechBrutalUniformsAssemblyGangstersOutragedBroken UpFree PressOverbearing Author:Emma Goldman