“In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.”
John Perry Barlow
“I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television. It doesn't. It's like the way free speech doesn't apply at work. You can't just walk into your boss' office and say 'you're a fuckface and I'm gonna go back to work now.' No, you're not.”
Jon Stewart
“Without Freedom of thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public Liberty, without Freedom of speech”
Benjamin Franklin
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
US Constitution
“In Cyberspace, the 1st Amendment is a local ordinance”
“[Others argue, though, that the sheer number of voices in cyberspace tends to drown out those of cults.] There's between 30 to 40 million Web pages out there, ... They could have done just as well to go out to the San Diego bluffs and throw a message in a bottle.”
Karen Coyle
“There is this cyberspace budget advisory council out there.”
Jeannine LaRue