Muzzling Quotes

To silence criticism is to silence freedom.

I deny the right of any man, of any number of men, of any church, of any State, to put a padlock on the lips — to make the tongue a convict. I passionately deny the right of the Herod of authority to kill the children of the brain.

I have no problem with free speech, but free speech and then silencing your opposition - boy, I have a problem with that.

I do not favor the gag order.

I've been silenced in America.

Like Israel, the U.K. is a democracy, and like Israel, we would never want to muzzle political voices, whatever their opinions - and that is especially true for universities.

Dogma not only blinds its protagonist, but it muzzles all other opposition.

People like to quiet the speech of others.

The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.

When one writer tries to silence another, he silences every writer-and in the end he also silences himself.

Everyone loses when voices get stifled.

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.

We argued about how hard it would be to ride a bear, assuming said bear was muzzled.

When silence is a choice, it is an unnerving presence. When silence is imposed, it is censorship.