Free speech may be a right, but only by using it as a force for good in the world do we make it a virtue.
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Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.
Free speech is a valuable commodity, which we preserve and protect, but there quite rightly is restriction on free speech in the best interest of the good order of the community and common sense.
Free speech is one of the founding principles of our republic.
With true free speech has to come an understanding of when and when not to use it. But you can't legislate that. It must be voluntary - especially in a world where a whisper can reach a million people in an eye blink.
The right of free speech cannot be parceled out based on whether we want to hear what the speaker has to say or whether we agree with those views. It means, quite often, tolerating the expression of views that we find distasteful, perhaps even repugnant.
Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
Free speech includes the right to not speak.
I don't think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech.
Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.
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