“I want to congratulate librarians,...who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles. So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
Kurt Vonnegut
“The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.”
Hugo Black
“Could you imagine the OUTRAGE that would ensue if an artist thanked Allah or Zeus for their Grammy Award? Well...sure....because we live in a country that protects our right to FREEDOM of religion...You are FREE to be a CHRISTIAN. Thank Zenu for that!”
Jules Carlysle
“Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.”
Abbie Hoffman
“There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans ... and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.”
Henry Ward Beecher
“Along with free speech, with that type of freedom of expression, comes responsibilities. And we would condemn any acts of violence that might be associated with this issue.”
Sean McCormack
“The government contends it rises to the level of domestic terrorism. We say it?s free speech.”
Andrea Lindsay
