These are a few great free speech quotes and quotes on
freedom by men and women smarter then myself. Remember freedom and freedom of
speech has a long history in the Western Tradition and is a proud part of the
history of the West. Anyone who shares these values of freedom and free speech
are welcome. Freedom is a right, but it is also a responsibility we must all
share. I hope you enjoy the quotes.
“If liberty means anything at all,
it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” George
Orwell.
“Whoever would overthrow the
liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” Benjamin
Franklin, Silence Dogood, The Busy-Body, and Early Writings.
“Experience should teach us to be
most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are
beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their
liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the
insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.”
Justice Louis Brandeis.
“The urge to save humanity is
almost always a false face for the urge to rule it.” H.L. Mencken.
“I think we’ve been through a
period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a
problem, it’s the government’s job to cope with it. ‘I have a problem, I’ll get
a grant.’ ‘I’m homeless, the government must house me.’ They’re casting their
problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are
individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do
anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It’s
our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour.
People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations.
There’s no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an
obligation.” – Margaret Thatcher.
“Liberty means responsibility.
That is why most men dread it.” George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman.
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