“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 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
“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
“It is scary that an organization which purports to believe in free speech and intellectual freedom would take this kind of action. It is a Soviet-style effort to make us a non-person.”
Bob Bork
“It's not about freedom of speech because we retain free speech. It's about ending corrupt politics.”
Christopher Shays
“We interpret this as the president using his bully pulpit to support freedom of inquiry and free speech about the issue of biological origins. It's extremely timely and welcome because so many scientists are experiencing recriminations for breaking with Darwinist orthodoxy.”
Stephen Meyer
