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Title: Free Speech Quotes
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URL Source: http://www.ifla.org/faife/litter/subject/speech.htm
Published: Jul 23, 2005
Author: various
Post Date: 2005-07-23 13:09:19 by christine
Keywords: Speech, Quotes, Free
Views: 141
Comments: 27
"Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt." Bergen EVANS "The Freedoms of Speech and Press are the necessary Conditions for the Enlightenment of Human Life, which again is the only Thing, that can save Peoples and Nations, and Experience teaches, that where these Freedoms exist, one will find comfort from much other Burdensomeness and Unpleasantness; but where it is not, and in particular where one feels deprived from it, the People either descends to the Beast or cut up rough like the Wild Animals, and in both Cases it is indeed the End to Human Life." Niels Frederik Severin GRUNDTVIG Danish social reformer and educationist, 1845 (1773-1872) "To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves." Claude Adrien HELVÉTIUS French philosopher (1715–71) "To speak his thoughts is every freeman's right, in peace and war, in council and in fight." HOMER The Iliad Principal figure of ancient Greek literature (before 700 B.C.) "The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously." Hubert Horatio HUMPHREY U.S. Vice President 1965–69 (1911–78) "It is clear that the freedom of expression and opinion is a fundamental right, the mother of all rights." Abid HUSSAIN Speech in Sri Lanka, 1999 UN Special Rapporteur on the Freedom of Information "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." Søren KIERKEGAARD Danish philosopher and religious thinker (1813-1855) "Free speech is a bourgeois prejudice." Vladimir Ilyich LENIN Explanation to Emma Goldman in 1920 Russian revolutionary (1870-1924) "Freedom to speak... can be maintained only by promoting debate." Walter LIPPMANN 1955 American journalist (1889-1974) "Freedom of expression must be considered sacred and thought can only be corrected by counter thought." Naguib MAHFOUZ Egyptian novelist and screenwriter (1911-) "Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties." John MILTON Areopagitica English poet (1608-1674) "A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything." NAPOLEON Bonaparte French general and emperor of France (1769-1821) "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." Eric Arthur Blair or George ORWELL British novelist and essayist (1903-1950) "Freedom is the freedom to say 2+2=4. If that is granted, all else follows." Eric Arthur Blair or George ORWELL "1984" British novelist and essayist (1903-1950) "Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself." Salman RUSHDIE Indian-born British novelist (1947-) "What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist." Salman RUSHDIE Indian-born British novelist (1947-) "The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism." Wole SOYINKA Nigerian playwright, poet, novelist, and political activist (1934-) "In America - as elsewhere - free speech is confined to the dead." Samuel Langhorne Clemens or Mark TWAIN Notebook, 1904 American author (1835-1910) "The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it." John UPDIKE American author and poet (1932- ) "I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it." Francois Marie Arouet VOLTAIRE The Friends of Voltaire, 1907 French philosopher and writer (1694-1778) "We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard." Francois Marie Arouet VOLTAIRE Dictionnaire Philosophique, 1764 French philosopher and writer (1694-1778) "I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking." Woodrow WILSON 28th President of the United States (1856-1924) "Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful... Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race." Charles BRADLAUGH British social reformer (1833-1891)
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#1. To: christine (#0)
I heard a caller to the Art Bell Show say that he feels that the doctors
implanted a chip in his volcal folds(nasel cavity) after hving an operation on
his sinus problem. They have found that whe someone reads, the volcal folds
vibrate exactly as if they were speaking, even if they arte NOT moving their
lips. In other words the very thought process makes them move. By attaching
a chip to sense this and then amplify the signal it can then be transferred just
like a cell phone call. George Orwell 1984 - "thought crime" The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
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The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
what the heck is that thing??
a "volcal fold" ,it vibrates as we speak.
The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
Well .. no wonder oral sex is so popular :P
"...when a society believes in nothing, fear becomes the only agenda..."
all I get is "page cannot be found" error
We should thank the Nazis for giving us all those stark, frightening images. Where else are we gonna learn not to act like that? On the other hand, monkey see monkey do
LOL! can't help it.
The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
you think anyone's going to read the free speech quotes now? :P
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/linguistics/faciliti/demos/vocal folds/vocalfolds.htm
The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
Well I will say I about fell off my chair.. gawd ..you are a brat!
"...when a society believes in nothing, fear becomes the only agenda..."
This one from the list above might be appropriate now: "The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously." Hubert Horatio HUMPHREY U.S. Vice President 1965–69 (1911–78)
Thanks for explaining first, otherwise that might have give me nightmares.
We should thank the Nazis for giving us all those stark, frightening images. Where else are we gonna learn not to act like that? On the other hand, monkey see monkey do
ROFL!!
"...when a society believes in nothing, fear becomes the only agenda..."
They were in tune with the kind of attitude we see on
other forums. The Holocaust Historiography Project
lol
http://www.crossroadsrockandroll.com/Recordings/BackInTheUSSR.mp3
"...when a society believes in nothing, fear becomes the only agenda..."
Been away so long I hardly knew the place... The Holocaust Historiography Project
I love it when you talk gulag.. :P
"...when a society believes in nothing, fear becomes the only agenda..."
Talk about the party! The Holocaust Historiography Project
LOL .. ;)
"...when a society believes in nothing, fear becomes the only agenda..."
anyone care to join me in a clay bath? i understand it's great for the skin.
Weather Channel lied to me, they said it was gonna be sunny today. I'm heartbroken that my bbq chicken was ruined, and I'd sue them if I was a vindictive freak!
We should thank the Nazis for giving us all those stark, frightening images. How else we gonna learn not to act like that? On the other hand, monkey see...
Mud wrestling?! ;P
"...when a society believes in nothing, fear becomes the only agenda..."
I have the concessions for that and the oil wrestling.
The Holocaust Historiography Project
The WC always does that, it leads you on and then fails to deliver.
The Holocaust Historiography Project
..and we dont get a cut? ;P
"...when a society believes in nothing, fear becomes the only agenda..."
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#3. To: All (#2)
#4. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#2)
#5. To: christine (#4)
#6. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#5)
#7. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#5)
#8. To: Zipporah (#6)
#9. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#5)
#10. To: Dakmar (#7)
#11. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#8)
#12. To: christine (#9)
you think anyone's going to read the free speech quotes now? :P
One if by land, two if by sea...how many if they are already here?
#13. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#10)
#14. To: Dakmar (#13)
Thanks for explaining first, otherwise that might have give me nightmares.
#15. To: christine (#0)
"Free speech is a bourgeois prejudice." Vladimir Ilyich LENIN
Explanation to Emma Goldman in 1920 Russian revolutionary (1870-1924)
They want America to be like they made Russia, in the Soviet
Union, telling the truth, so-called "anti-semitism" was a death penalty
offense.
Freedom of speech? They want it quashed.
#16. To: robin (#12)
#17. To: 1776 (#15)
#18. To: Zipporah (#17)
come and keep your comrade warm...
#19. To: 1776 (#18)
Been away so long I hardly knew the place... come and keep your comrade warm..
#20. To: Zipporah, christine (#19)
gulag
At Club Chertoff the fun never ends!
Dining, dancing, swimming, and especially GARDENING!
#21. To: 1776 (#20)
Talk about the party! At Club Chertoff the fun never ends! Dining, dancing, swimming, and especially GARDENING!
#22. To: 1776, Zipporah (#20)
and especially GARDENING!
#23. To: christine (#22)
#24. To: christine, 1776 (#22)
anyone care to join me in a clay bath? i understand it's great for the skin.
#25. To: Zipporah, christine (#24)
Mud wrestling?
#26. To: Dakmar (#23)
#27. To: 1776 (#25)
I have the concessions for that and the oil wrestling.
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