Natural Democracy Standards 

Our Right to Free Speech

 

"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

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"If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."

George Washington

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"If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."

George Orwell

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Free speech is protecting the speech of those you detest.

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"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

Evelyn Beatrice Hall

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"If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don't like. Goebbels (Nazi ) was in favor of freedom of speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you're in favor of freedom of speech, that means you're in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise."

Norm Chomsky

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