When people cannot even agree with what Voltaire said about this (freedom of speech in particular), they can hardly be called libertarian. The fact that this has to be explained to alleged libertarians only fuels my suspicions that the “movement”, for lack of a better word, is being infi...
Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen the democracy of our great country. It is unfortunate, then, when actions occur that might be interpreted as contrary to this honored tenet. —Sam Farr 3 Democracy, to ma...
While lovers of liberty in all lands have urged the necessity of freedom of speech, none put the case more pointedly than Voltaire when he said:“I wholly disapprove of what you say—and will defend to the death your right to say it.” In November 1922 the widely circulated periodical “...
Speech The study of oral communication, speech sounds, and vocal physiology. Talk To express one's thoughts or feelings in writing Voltaire talks about London in this book. Speech (uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communica...
@Scrump: I am not defending the beliefs of the bigots. Just their right to say it. As Evelyn Beatrice Hall described the beliefs of Voltaire: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”...
Voltaire, God and Human Beings, 1769"In general men are stupid, vengeful, ungrateful, jealous, greedy for other people's goods, abusive of their superiority when strong, and deceitful when weak." --First sentence, Chapter 1, Our Crimes and Stupidities ...
Voltaire, according to whom “the people is between man and beast,” wrote that “I want my attorney, my tailor, my servants, even my wife to believe in God, and I think that I shall then be robbed and cuckolded less often.
Theological religion is the source of all imaginable follies and disturbances. It is the parent of fanaticism and civil discord; it is the enemy of mankind. — Voltaire 21 For good people to do evil things, it takes religion. — Steven Weinberg 30 Religion idolizes concepts and avoids pers...
Voltaire Award for Free Speech, 2011 Global Exchange Human Rights People's Choice Award, 2013 Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts, 2013 CNET Magazine: Check out a sampling of the stories you'll find in CNET's newsstand edition. ...
Freedom of speech and the appeal to reason in public discourse. The traditions of honesty and fair dealing. The sense of fair play. The high degree of trust and social cooperation made possible by the above. And finally—as the result of high moral standards, cooperativeness, trust and freed...