“People hardly ever make use of the freedom which they have, for example, freedom of thought; instead they demand freedom of speech as compensation.”
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Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism 1813–1855Related quotes
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Either/Or Part I, Swenson Translation p. 19 Variations include: People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought, which they avoid. People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
1840s, Either/Or (1843)
“Some people will say, ‘Freedom of speech, Freedom of speech’. These are foolish people.”
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
Google's Eric Schmidt calls for 'spell-checkers for hate and harassment' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/08/googles-eric-schmidt-spell-checkers-hate-harassment-terrorism, 8 December 2015, by Alex Hern. <br class="br">2010s, 2015 <br class="br">Context: We are losing a lot of people to the Internet. We have to do something. We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what’s happening. We have to talk to them [about], maybe in certain areas, closing that Internet up in some way. Some people will say, ‘Freedom of speech, Freedom of speech’. These are foolish people.
William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951) American newspaper publisher
Communication to the American Crime Study Commission (May 19, 1929)
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.”
In civitate libera linguam mentemque liberas esse debere (jactabat).
Tiberius (-42–37 BC) 2nd Emperor of Ancient Rome, member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
Variant translation: In a free state, both the tongue and the mind ought to be free.
From Suetonius, The Twelves Caesars, ch. 28
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
As quoted in the translation of Thomas Taylor (1818)
Florilegium
“Freedom of Speech is Freedom of Music.”
Sun Ra (1914–1993) American jazz composer and bandleader
"The Neglected Plane of Wisdom" (1966), p. 250
Sun Ra : The Immeasurable Equation (2005)