#freedom of expression

To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons. ↗

— Ma Jian

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Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with a dissenting opinion has been suppressed. Chinese art is merely a product: it avoids any meaningful engagement. There is no larger context. Its only purpose is to charm viewers with its ambiguity. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

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Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

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In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well. ↗

— Vince McMahon

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I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression. ↗

— Sally Kirkland

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I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression. ↗

— Amy Tan

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Freedom of expression comes with responsibilities, especially when it comes with serious implications for peace. ↗

— Mohammed Morsi

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Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted. ↗

— Larry Flynt

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We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression. ↗

— Dario Fo

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