Free speech quotes

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"Of all our liberties, freedom of speech is the "Of all our liberties, freedom of speech is the most important. Free speech is the cornerstone of most important. Free speech is the cornerstone of a free society. So long as we are free to speak, a free society. So long as we are free to speak, we can make people realize what is at stake. In we can make people realize what is at stake. In Western democracies, we do not settle our Western democracies, we do not settle our disagreements with violence, but through spoken disagreements with violence, but through spoken and written arguments. In the search for the and written arguments. In the search for the truth, we allow everyone to express his or her truth, we allow everyone to express his or her honestly held views. That is how we outgrew honestly held views. That is how we outgrew barbarism and became a free and prosperous barbarism and became a free and prosperous society. We must pass it on to our children." society. We must pass it on to our children." - - Geert Wilders Geert Wilders

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"Of all our liberties, freedom of speech is the most "Of all our liberties, freedom of speech is the most important. Free speech is the cornerstone of a free important. Free speech is the cornerstone of a free

society. So long as we are free to speak, we can make society. So long as we are free to speak, we can make people realize what is at stake. In Western people realize what is at stake. In Western

democracies, we do not settle our disagreements democracies, we do not settle our disagreements with violence, but through spoken and written with violence, but through spoken and written

arguments. In the search for the truth, we allow arguments. In the search for the truth, we allow everyone to express his or her honestly held views. everyone to express his or her honestly held views. That is how we outgrew barbarism and became a That is how we outgrew barbarism and became a

free and prosperous society. We must pass it on to free and prosperous society. We must pass it on to our children."our children."--Geert WildersGeert Wilders