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Quotes from Free Speech and Its Present Crisis — Allen C. Guelzo

born 1953 United States

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There has never been a freedom, of course, that someone has not proved ingenious enough to abuse.

Free Speech and Its Present Crisis (2018)

Culture made the use of the F-bomb on television unthinkable in 1965; 40 years later, HBO would be lost without it.

Free Speech and Its Present Crisis (2018)

The anti-free-speech fanatics on campuses and throughout the country have raised their hand against the idea that guarantees us life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Free Speech and Its Present Crisis (2018)

[T]he genuinely oppressed—as opposed to the hustlers of faux outrage—have always known freedom of speech to be their best friend.

Free Speech and Its Present Crisis (2018)

The real crime of white supremacy was not that it put up statues, or even that it made speeches, but that it attacked citizens and passed laws.

Free Speech and Its Present Crisis (2018)

Reverence for free speech is deeply embedded in American life, but speech cannot be protected unless those who acknowledge its value set aside their partisan differences for a moment and trust one another enough to say that the outrages against free speech must end.

Free Speech and Its Present Crisis (2018)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Allen C. Guelzo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.