1766 | Diogenes said that the most excellent thing among men was freedom of speech [Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius] |
20481 | Nothing we say can be worse than unsaying it in the face of authority [Montaigne] |
19942 | Treason may be committed as much by words as by deeds [Spinoza] |
20009 | Freedom of speech and writing, within the law, is essential to preserve liberty [Montesquieu] |
2233 | No government has ever suffered by being too tolerant of philosophy [Hume] |
21058 | Enlightenment requires the free use of reason in the public realm [Kant] |
19859 | Free speech is very precious, and everyone may speak and write freely (but take responsibility for it) [Mirabeau/committee] |
21487 | The freedom of the press to sell poison outweighs its usefulness [Schopenhauer] |
7213 | Liberty arises at the point where people can freely and equally discuss things [Mill] |
22681 | The liberty of the press is more valuable for what it prevents than what it promotes [Tocqueville] |
23819 | Deliberate public lying should be punished [Weil] |
22267 | In the liberal view an insult to my group doesn't hurt me, since I'm defined by choices not groups [Sandel] |
22268 | If persons define themselves by a group membership, insults to that group are a real harm [Sandel] |
20586 | Free speech does not include the right to shout 'Fire!' in a crowded theatre [Tuckness/Wolf] |
22829 | Allowing defamatory speech is against society's interests, by blurring which people are trustworthy [Charvet] |
23136 | Liberal free speech is actually paid speech [Gopnik] |