“One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic election, whereby people choose and remove their rulers, there is no method of securing human rights against the state. No democracy without human rights, no human rights without democracy, and no trade union rights without either. That is our belief; that is our creed.” PeopleHumansStatesBeliefDemocracyRightsSpeechLaborElectionMethodTradeUnionsDemocraticHuman RightsRemoveAssociationRulersCreedsFreedom Of SpeechAssemblyLabor UnionTrade UnionsUnion SolidarityDemocratic Elections Author:George Meany
“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
“So the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and sometimes winning and sometimes losing, the fight for First Amendment rights in comics and, more generally, for freedom of speech.” FirstsBookSometimesFightingLiteratureWinningRightsSpeechLosingDefenseComicFundAmendmentsFreedom Of SpeechComic BookFirst AmendmentFirst Amendment Rights Author:Neil Gaiman
“The First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights in the United States Constitution were being violated in Albany again and again - freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, the equal protection of the laws - I could count at least 30 such violations. Yet the president, sworn to uphold the Constitution, and all the agencies of the United States government at his disposal, were nowhere to be seen.” FirstsStatesGovernmentLawPresidentUnitedUnited StatesRightsEqualSpeechConstitutionProtectionAgencyAmendmentsFreedom Of SpeechAgain And AgainViolationFirst AmendmentAssemblyState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentEqual ProtectionAlbanyFreedom Of AssemblyFourteenth Amendment Author:Howard Zinn
“Striking a balance in favor of individual rights has always been the right decision for us and that it remains so even when technology gives us new ways to exercise those rights. Individual liberty has never weakened us; freedom of speech, enhanced by the Net, will only make us stronger.” WayGivingIndividualDecisionLibertyTechnologyRightsBalanceExerciseSpeechStrongerRemainsFavorsFreedom Of SpeechNew WaysRight DecisionIndividual LibertyIndividual Rights Book:Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age Source: Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age
“In fact, it's the greatest threat to liberty of all kinds, whether it is freedom of religion, whether it is freedom of speech, whether it is freedom of the press, whether it is freedom of association, all of the rights that are enshrined in the First Amendment are threatened by the active, aggressive homosexual lobby and the homosexual agenda.” FirstsKindFactsLibertyRightsSpeechPressesThreatActiveAll KindsAgendasAggressiveAssociationAmendmentsFreedom Of SpeechThreatenedHomosexualFirst AmendmentFreedom Of The PressFreedom Of ReligionThreats To Liberty Author:Bryan Fischer
“The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.” CountryLyingRightsSpeechIndependenceBillsFreedom Of SpeechDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceBill Of Rights Author:George Soros
“The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of... the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time.” SpeakPowerfulRightsSpeechMembersBillsThreatSecureFreedom Of SpeechParliamentBill Of RightsMonarchsMembers Of Parliament Author:William Hague
“We have our difficulties, true; but we are a wiser and a tougher nation than we were in 1932. Never have there been six years of such far flung internal preparedness in all of history. And this has been done without any dictator's power to command, without conscription of labor or confiscation of capital, without concentration camps and without a scratch on freedom of speech, freedom of the press or the rest of the Bill of Rights.” YearsHas BeensDoneNationsDemocracyRightsSpeechSixLaborDifficultyBillsPressesCommandInternalsConcentrationCampsDictatorFreedom Of SpeechWiserScratchesBill Of RightsFreedom Of The PressPreparednessConcentration CampConscription Book:The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt Source: The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“Turkey, with its political intolerance, as I have described it, is prepared to march forward, to break with its taboo about the Armenians, and is making great strides with respect to human rights and freedom of speech so that it can join the European Union. This alone shows how powerful the European idea is.” HumansIdeasShowsPoliticalPowerfulBreakRightsSpeechUnionsPreparedHuman RightsMarchIntoleranceFreedom Of SpeechTurkeysTabooEuropean UnionStrideRights And FreedomsArmenians Author:Orhan Pamuk
“The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. If the doctrine be admitted, rulers have only to declare war and they are screened at once from scrutiny. . . . In war, then, as in peace, assert the freedom of speech and of the press. Cling to this as the bulwark of all our rights and privileges.” IfsShouldHas BeensWarCountryPeaceRightsCrySpeechPressesPrivilegeLibertarianDoctrineOppositionSentimentsRulersFreedom Of SpeechUnworthyScrutinyFree CountryRights And Privileges Author:William Ellery Channing
“Being born in Cuba, a country where freedom of speech is non-existent, it's startling to observe how Venezuela, where I was happily raised, is fast becoming Cuba's mirror image: Dismantling of fundamental democratic rights deserved by its people and citizens of the world.” PeopleWorldCountryBornRightsBecomingCitizensSpeechMirrorsFundamentalsDemocraticRaisedFreedom Of SpeechCubaVenezuelaMirror ImageDemocratic Rights Author:Maria Conchita Alonso
“Some people only speak of freedom of speech while they're out of power. Once they're in power, they're ruthless in suppressing the rights of others.” PeopleSpeakRightsSpeechFreedom Of SpeechRuthlessSuppressing Author:Barack Obama
“I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so.” PeopleAcceptingRightsAcceptancePoliticianCallingCriticsAwfulAfrican AmericanCall MeFreedom Of Speech Author:Barack Obama
“Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. But also, it gave the Chinese a national public sphere for people to, it's like a training of their citizenship, preparing for future democracy.” PeopleHumansSocialDemocracyRightsMediaChangedSpeechTrainingEmbraceHuman RightsPrivilegeSocial MediaMindsetChineseSpheresFreedom Of SpeechCitizenshipPreparingBirthrightLimiting Freedom Of Expression Author:Michael Anti
“The androcentric, patriarchal cultures, whatever you want to call it, are quite new. So, every economic statement should start with reproduction, not production. Every statement for human rights ought to include reproduction as a basic human right, like freedom of speech.” WantShouldHumansCultureRightsEconomicOughtSpeechHuman RightsProductionsStatementsFreedom Of SpeechReproduction Author:Gloria Steinem
“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