Like adequate education, freedom of expression is no longer a political nicety, but a precondition for economic competitiveness. Alvin Toffler
If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all. Noam Chomsky
The community which does not protect its humblest and most hated member in the free utterance of his opinions, no matter how false or hateful, is only a gang of slaves. If there is anything in the universe that can’t stand discussion, let it crack. Wendell Phillips
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society. Felix Frankfurter
…the interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship. John Paul Stevens