The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that.

A nice easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.

In many respects the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

And why do we who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech allow people to go to prison and be vilified and magazines to be closed down on the spot for suggesting another version of history.

Here's a nation one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.

It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.

And what do Democrats stand for if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the 'mob' - a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. And as a product of the 1960s I thought the Democratic party was passionately committed to freedom of thought and speech.

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality which exists in all parts of the world unfortunately.

Freedom of speech freedom of the press and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

If one more 'journalist' makes a cavalier statement about me and my band I will personally or with my fans' help greet them at their home and discover just how much they believe in their freedom of speech.

A state that suppresses all freedom of speech and which by imposing the most terrible punishments treats each and every attempt at criticism however morally justified and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason is a state that breaks an unwritten law.

My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants airports streets hotel lobbies parks and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.

I keep telling myself to calm down to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited but I still care a lot about liberty freedom of speech and expression and fairness in journalism.

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment don't understand the idea of freedom of speech and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought they demand freedom of speech.

I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech freedom of conscience and the prudence never to practice either of them.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led like sheep to the slaughter.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

I believe in freedom of speech but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech freedom of expression freedom of thought.