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Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.

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.

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.

Free speech rights means that government officials are barred from creating lists of approved and disapproved political ideas and then using the power of the state to enforce those preferences.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

The Founding Fathers' instructions were clear: The right to free speech includes bad speech; it means tolerance of ideas that many find obnoxious.

Free speech is one of the founding principles of our republic.

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 means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.

Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.