With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. – Capt. Jean-Luc Picard Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘The Drumhead’.
We don’t have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets. – Alan Dershowitz
I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit. – Eminem
Israel is a country that respects freedom – freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship. – George Pataki
My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them. – Fran Lebowitz
The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech. – John Mortimer
There is no ageism or ‘youthism’ when it comes to freedom of speech. We are all citizens. – Jacques Parizeau
Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment. – Larry Flynt
It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions. – Salman Rushdie
The standing orders of the Parliamentary Party, however, apply to me, apply to every other Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and they put into a context the way in which those rights to freedom of speech should be exercised. – Ron Davies
Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren’t really important unless they’re heard. The freedom of hearing is as important as the freedom of speaking. – Tom Smothers
