If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Free speech includes the right to not speak.
Free speech is one of the founding principles of our republic.
We have freedom of speech, but you got to watch what you say.
What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press.
Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
I don't think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech.
I think Thomas Jefferson would have said the more speech, the better.
The Founding Fathers' instructions were clear: The right to free speech includes bad speech; it means tolerance of ideas that many find obnoxious.