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I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned.

— Lucy Stone

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.

— Barbara Boxer

I feel like freedom of speech is one of the great things in this country and the freedom to do what you feel is right.

— Taya Kyle

When I started giving talks about women's history, one of the things that bothered me was the tendency to say, 'Well, everybody was totally oppressed and suddenly in 1964 we rose up, got our freedom, and here we are.' It dismisses the women who fought for rights for several hundred years of our history up to that point.

— Gail Collins

I don't think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech.

— Loretta Swit

That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.

— Ja Rule

Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.

— Mark Thomas

There is no ageism or 'youthism' when it comes to freedom of speech. We are all citizens.

— Jacques Parizeau

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.

— Denis Napthine

I always think the true test of free speech is when someone says something you don't like.

— Bindi Irwin

✗Opposing Perspectives

Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of freedom.

— Vita Sackville-West