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The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen. ~Tommy Smothers
I am thankful for all the complaining I hear about our government because it means we have freedom of speech. ~Nancie J. Carmody
The test of democracy is freedom of criticism. ~David Ben-Gurion
If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. ~John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. ~John F. Kennedy
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. ~Noam Chomsky
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ~Voltaire
You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free. ~Clarence Darrow