“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.”
- Voltaire
“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- John Milton
“Most people do not really want others to have freedom of speech, they just want others to be given the freedom to say what they want to hear.”
- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”
- Benjamin Franklin
“My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line, and kiss my ass.”
- Christopher Hitchens
"No one has the right to live without being shocked. No one has the right to spend their life without being offended."
- Philip Pullman
“The moment you say that any idea system is sacred, whether it’s a religious belief system or a secular ideology, the moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible."
- Salman Rushdie
The million-strong "solidarity march" in Paris.
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