Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society.
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Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.
The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.
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 carries with it some freedom to listen.
Free speech is one of the founding principles of our republic.
Free speech includes the right to not speak.
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.
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.
In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the first to make yourself heard.
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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