If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

George Orwell

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Topic

Freedom of speech and expression Nature of freedom Freedom

Author

George Orwell

Source

Times Literary Supplement

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Journalist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Orwell, George. "The Freedom of Press." Times Literary Supplement. News UK, 15 Sept. 1972.

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All ideas having even the slightest redeeming social importance—unorthodox ideas, controversial ideas, even ideas hateful to the prevailing climate of opinion—have the full protection of the guaranties... But implicit in the history of the First Amendment is the rejection of obscenity as utterly without redeeming social importance... We hold that obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press.

William J. Brennan, Jr.

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Obscenity Freedom of speech and expression First Amendment

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William J. Brennan, Jr.
Medium
Supreme Court opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Brennan, William J, Jr. United States, Supreme Court. Roth v. United States. United States Reports, vol. 354, 24 June 1957, pp. 476-514. supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/354/476/.

Another quote about Freedom

Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?

Lord Byron

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

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Personal liberation Liberation Freedom

Author

Lord Byron
Source
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1818 1810s 19th century
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Original Citation

Lord Byron. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. London: John Murray, 1812-1818, canto 2, st. 76.

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Lord Byron. "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 2, st. 76.