Equality of Voice Quotes

Everyone is in favor of free speech ... but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.

Democracy depends on the idea that we hold each others’ right to express ourselves and be heard above our own desire to always get the outcomes we want. You can’t impose tolerance top-down.

The great postulate of our democracy is confidence in the common sense of the people and in their maturity of judgment, even on great issues—once they know the facts.

Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.

Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man

Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!

The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country.

I don't feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I've had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike.

… the most powerful party must happily accept and hear the opinions of the weakest

I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.

Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives.

If all mankind, minus one, were of one opinion ..., mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power would be justified in silencing mankind.

Political speech is indispensable to decision-making in a democracy, and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation. By taking the right to speak from some and giving it to others, the Government deprives the disadvantaged person or class of the right to use speech to strive to establish worth, standing, and respect for the speaker’s voice. The Government may not by these means deprive the public of the right and privilege to determine for itself what speech and speakers are worthy of consideration. The First Amendment protects speech and speaker, and the ideas that flow from each.

People should have the chance to say whatever they want, especially a guy like LeBron. He's huge, an icon. He should have an opinion if he wants to.

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.

Here's what I've learned about Hillary Clinton: She will be criticized when she speaks; she will be criticized when she doesn't speak. And so I think she should speak her mind.

If everybody has a voice, then you end up with something average.

Anybody can be heard. Anyone can express their truths. And communication is possible without the confines of the body.

I don't want to create controversy; I just have an opinion on things, and there is nothing wrong with stating your opinion if you are asked. Everyone wants that right, and because you are famous doesn't mean you have less of a right.

If I have a thought, I say it. If I keep it down, it's because I'm waiting for a good moment for me to say my piece. That's a luxury we have in our society, but parts of the world still don't have it.

We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.

Nobody speaks twice until everyone has had a chance to speak once

I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute.