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We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression.


Dario Fo

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DARIO FO We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
CRAIG GROESCHEL freedom of thought and expression.
LEE BOLLINGER I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.
JIMMY WALES I often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days, I might have chosen a ...
RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON The American courts ruled that money is speech and speech can't be limited in politics because of fr...
LISA YOUNG It was horrifying. You wouldn't believe how people are treated there. You could see that these p...
KATE MILLETT The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.
ELIOT ENGEL Health, a light body, freedom from cravings, a glowing skin, sonorous voice, fragrance of body: thes...
SHVETASHVATARA UPANISHAD Health, a light body, freedom from cravings, a glowing skin, sonorous voice, fragrance of body: the...
SHVETASHVATARA UPANISHAD There is a resurgence of the nation-state in Europe. These nationalist and protectionist instincts a...
ELIE COHEN We had eight on the side that he had withdrawn from his life in the Mafia. Four felt he was still in...
GREG ROSENBLUM There are many forms of tyrants, but there are none so terrible as those stifling their own people i...
E.A. BUCCHIANERI Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights ...
NAZANIN BONIADI We are a nation built on principles of freedom, and high on the list of freedoms is freedom of relig...
ALEXANDER ACOSTA You can't pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be...
SCOTT HOWARD PHILLIPS People hardly ever make use of the freedom they have. For example, the freedom of thought. Instead t...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speec...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of cal...
DAVID MAMET We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of cal...
DAVID MAMET My eyes hurt... but there is something more... I can't stop listening to horror.... now I am going t...
DEYTH BANGER When you experience the emotion of sadness, there will be changes in facial expression, and your bod...
ANTONIO DAMASIO There are already signs of a substantial reduction in these flows so far.
BERNIE SCHAEFFER There is a Possibility of freedom from suffering. By removing the causes of suffering, it is possibl...
DALAI LAMA XIV There are now no more horizons. And with the dissolution of horizons we have experienced and are exp...
JOSEPH CAMPBELL Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you...
TOM TANCREDO In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed agains...
KEITH O'BRIEN I believe in freedom of speech and in artistic freedom, ... I also believe in the expression of some...
MORRISSEY There are few things more precious on any university campus than freedom of thought and expression, ...
LEE BOLLINGER Politics is show business for ugly people.
PAUL BEGALA A resurgence of demand is unlikely, but we believe there will be a flight to quality. We will not se...
BOB STEVENS Prior to Marilyn Monroe, a star's life was hidden from the public. But now, instead of a glossy idea...
ABBY ARONOWITZ We can only point out that not only is Germany sad, but there are signs of solidarity from the whole...
GERHARD SCHROEDER I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
SALLY KIRKLAND The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
CRAIG GROESCHEL We support the freedom of expression but respect [the differences] between cultures.
EMMA UDWIN If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th...
GARY F EVANS... There are two good things in life -- freedom of thought and freedom of action.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action
WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM The secret is out. There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a te...
FOUAD AJAMI These are millionaire candidates who we thought would run above traditional politics, and instead th...
DAVID REBOVICH Sagittarians are aliens disguised as humans!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU we
sat there
smoking
cigarettes
at
5
in the morning.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Politics is just show business for ugly people
JAY LENO Politics is just show business for ugly people.
JAY LENO These cartoons are indeed offensive to the belief of Muslims. We all fully recognize and respect fre...
KURTIS COOPER There is resurgence in music.
CONNIE CUMMINS These people are receiving a return that is commensurate with the risks. What's going on is a concer...
KURT BARROW Like adequate education, freedom of expression is no longer a political nicety, but a precondition f...
ALVIN TOFFLER There certainly has been a resurgence in mining, a resurgence almost unprecedented in modern times.
LUKE POPOVICH Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
VERA BRITTAIN Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
VERA BRITTAIN When we struggle for human rights, for freedom, for dignity, when we feel that it is a ministry of t...
OSCAR A. ROMERO [These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indicatio...
FOUAD AJAMI Man must be able to think freely and he must be able to express his thoughts freely! He who is again...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Freedom of inquiry and of expression are what universities are all about, and freedom of speech is a...
DAVID MCCLAIN There is no more anti-Semitism on the state level, as we saw in Soviet times, but instead we have a ...
YITZHAK KOGAN I am encouraged, ... We had an excellent tournament. We still have a lot of work to do, but there ar...
BRENNAN BROWN At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, a...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Of all the religions in the world, perhaps the religion of liberty is the only faith capable of puri...
TIFFANY MADISON Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no fr...
BERGEN EVANS Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no ...
BERGEN EVANS Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no f...
BERGEN EVANS I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Our research indicates there is a balance between controlling crime, litter, prostitution and other ...
FRANK REED You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any o...
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any o...
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
NOAM CHOMSKY If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
AVRAM CHOMSKY If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
AVRAM NOAM CHOMSKY You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope.
DAVID LEVITHAN Freedom of expression is very important.
RODRIGO DUTERTE I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and sil...
JAMES MADISON There are many examples of excessive signage. One junction we saw had 16 signs but psychologists tel...
EDMUND KING Wicket has not spun as we thought it would. But the signs are there (that it will turn tomorrow). If...
ALASTAIR COOK (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON There has to be a cut-off somewhere between the freedom of expression and a graphically explicit fre...
E.A. BUCCHIANERI Two things form the bedrock of any open society — freedom of expression and rule of law. If you do...
SALMAN RUSHDIE There are signs of a hard struggle ahead. I can't remember the last time we had this situation.
HANNES HESSE In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable.
GEORGE HENRY LEWES Life can be a process of observing
what we are interfering with,
rather than interfering w...
LUJAN MATUS So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY There certainly has been a resurgence in mining, a resurgence almost unprecedented in modern times. ...
LUKE POPOVICH I came from a country where religious fundamentalists, including governmental authorities, denied my...
TASLIMA NASRIN I thought we played much better than last time. We looked lethargic. We have a lack of depth. We had...
CRAIG WILSMAN In the past, it was thought that there was no difference between these two types of processing in th...
FULVIA CASTELLI Artists, by their free expressions, encourage others to be free. This is the quality that makes work...
MARTY RUBIN I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of ...
AMY TAN There are signs of promise in this approach, but certainly the jury is still out.
CHRISTOPHER SWANSON I think, like any artist or any writer, I just want to have that pure freedom of expression and of t...
JHUMPA LAHIRI An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than li...
SEBASTIAN ROCH NICOLAS CHAMFORT An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than li...
CHAMFORT There was a 28-year-old male and there were no signs of trauma. So we didn't know what he had died f...
RON GARDINER Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves.
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA It is true that going out on to the street implies the risk of accidents happening, as they would to...
POPE FRANCIS Indonesia is also a democracy that upholds freedom of expression, but such freedom cannot be used as...
YURI THAMRIN Expression is a function of intention and intention emanates from your thought faculty.
IFEANYI ENOCH ONUOHA This code is a fundamental move for the Italian market because there is an impression abroad that It...
ALESSANDRO PROFUMO These are, we think, very important signs, perhaps, of an emergence. But we don't want to give false...
DR. JULIAN BAILES

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