Adlai Stevenson Quotes on Speech
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The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions. But there is also, it seems to me, a moment at which democracy must prove its capacity to act. Every man has a right to be heard; but no man has the right to strangle democracy with a single set of vocal chords.
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My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
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The Republicans stroke platitudes until they purr like epigrams.
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Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.
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Freedom rings where opinions clash.