Our purpose in organizing this march is to support and demand guarantees for freedom of expression and nonviolence in society.

We support the freedom of expression but respect [the differences] between cultures.

It is important to make it quite clear that our society and the government defend freedom of expression. However, the deep sense of insult felt by Muslims around the world is a reminder that freedom of the press must be accompanied by responsibility and respect.

I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.

There are too many individuals who take advantage of the freedom of expression to make many wild and slanderous allegations and we should not allow this to continue when what they said is not true,

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist