Freedom Of Speech Dissent Quotes

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Tiffany Madison
“No man owns me. All man can do is practice the timeless, criminal art of threatening to separate my soul from her physical host.”
Tiffany Madison

Korban Blake
“Not enough people know or understand just how little freedom we have left.”
Korban Blake

John Steinbeck
“Because Freedom is the most important thing on life, let me Be.”
Ebelsain Villegas

Carlos Monsiváis
“La prensa crítica no derriba gobiernos ni por sí sola modifica el rumbo de la política, pero sin ella se perjudicaría mucho más la salud mental de sus lectores.”
Carlos Monsiváis

Julian Assange
“JA: We wouldn’t mind a leak from Google, which would be, I think,
probably all the Patriot Act requests.275
ES: Which would be [whispers] illegal.
[Nervous chuckles]
JA: It depends on the jurisdiction . . . !
[Chuckles]
ES: We are a US—
JA: There are higher laws. First Amendment, you know.
ES: No, I’ve actually spent quite a bit of time on this question because I am
in great trouble because I have given a series of criticisms about Patriot I
and Patriot II, because they’re nontransparent, because the judge’s orders
are hidden and so forth and so on. The answer is that the laws are quite
clear about Google in the US. We couldn’t do it. It would be illegal.”
Julian Assange

Jon Meacham
“Baron Humboldt asked Jefferson, "Why are these libels allowed? Why is not this libelous journal suppressed, or its editor at least, fined and imprisoned? The question gave Jefferson a perfect opening. "Put that paper in your pocket, Baron, and should you hear the reality of our liberty, the freedom of our press, questioned, show this paper, and tell where you found it.”
Jon Meacham

Deborah Wiles
“When the State silences freedom of assembly and freedom to dissent, it silences the people it is sworn to protect.”
Deborah Wiles, Kent State