2007-03-27 15:12:51 · 3 answers · asked by It's me 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
"In matters of principle, Stand like a Rock."
--Thomas Jefferson
Kinda covers all of them, don't it?
--Z--
2007-03-27 15:21:21 · answer #1 · answered by Z-Force920 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cal Thomas, Author and Syndicated Columnist:
"Free speech does not guarantee anyone the right to be heard but it does guarantee the right of the speaker to speak and not be silenced."
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
Author: Soren Kierkegaard 1813-1855, Danish Philosopher, Writer
Quote: When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward -- or go back. He who now talks about the ''freedom of the press'' goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.
Author: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 1870-1924, Russian Revolutionary Leader
Quote: At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer.
Author: Marshall Lumsden
Quote: Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Author: John Milton 1608-1674, British Poet
Quote: The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
Author: Eleanor Holmes Norton
Quote: Marks on paper are free -- free speech -- press -- pictures all go together I suppose.
Author: Georgia O'Keeffe American painter
Quote: Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.
Author: Salman Rushdie 1948-, Indian-born British Author
Quote: The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson 1900-1965, American Lawyer, Politician
Quote: The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson 1900-1965, American Lawyer, Politician
Quote: In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them.
Author: Alexis De Tocqueville 1805-1859, French Social Philosopher
2007-03-27 15:23:46 · answer #2 · answered by Papa Joe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Malgorzata,
Here's one from Harry S Truman (famous US president).
'There is no more fundamental axiom of American freedom than the familiar statement: In a free country we punish men for crimes they commit but never for the opinions they have.'
There are many more at this web address:
http://www.giga-usa.com/quotes/topics/free_speech_t001.htm
2007-03-27 15:28:41 · answer #3 · answered by elden w 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋