#freedom of speech

Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made this position clear upon passage of the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which prohibited desecration of the flag. ↗

— Larry Craig

#amendment #away #clear #congress #cut

I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their loss. There is a time and a place for vigorous debate on the War on Terror, but during a family's last goodbye is not it. ↗

— Dave Reichert

#debate #during #family #freedom #freedom of speech

Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama. ↗

— Joanna Lumley

#any #dalai #dalai lama #freedom #freedom of speech

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech. ↗

— Boyle Roche

#freedom #freedom of speech #opposes #right #should

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#above #freedom #freedom of speech #itself #life

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#demand #freedom #freedom of speech #how #liberties

I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech. ↗

— Stockwell Day

#also #believe #comment #freedom of speech #i

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both. ↗

— Dick Gephardt

#campaigns #conflict #democracy #desire #freedom

It should be clear by now that my focus here is not freedom of speech or the press. This freedom is all too often an exaggeration. At the very least, blind references to freedom of speech or the press serve as a distraction from the critical examination of other communications policies. ↗

— Mark Lloyd

#clear #communications #critical #distraction #exaggeration

The First Amendment does not guarantee the press a constitutional right of special access to information not available to the general public, nor does it cloak the inmate with special rights of freedom of speech. ↗

— Pete Wilson

#amendment #available #cloak #constitutional #constitutional right