The American’s conviction that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell is the very essence of the free man’s way of life.
Category: speech
Never apologize
Never apologize when you’ve done nothing wrong.
Private rights are a public good
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual’s private rights.
Freedom of speech is paramount
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Justifying freedom of speech
The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent error and discover truth. There may be other ways of detecting error and discovering truth than that of free discussion, but so far we have not found them.
Finding the right answer
Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.
If we lose free speech
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Honest differences
Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.
Private thoughts
Isn’t it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?
Power struggle
The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and … the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression, and obedience.