Freedom Of Thought

I do not agree

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. Evelyn Beatrice Hall

The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities of higher education, for the full development of her faculties, forces of mind and body; for giving her the most enlarged freedom of thought and action; a complete emancipation from all forms of bondage, of custom, dependence, superstition; from all the crippling influences of fear – … Read more

The freedom of thought

The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country. Eliot Engel

Everyone has the right

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. Eleanor Roosevelt

the fundamental right of

the fundamental right of freedom of thought and expression is essential. If you curtail what the other fellow says and does, you curtail what you yourself may say and do. Eleanor Roosevelt

A man is allowed

A man is allowed sufficient freedom of thought, provided he knows how to choose his subject properly…. But the scene is changed as you come homeward, and atheism or treason may be the names given in Britain to what would be reason and truth if asserted in China. Edmund Burke

In any society freedom

In any society freedom of thought will probably be of direct significance for a small minority. But this does not mean that anyone is competent, or ought to have power, to select those to whom this freedom is to be reserved. Friedrich August von Hayek

Freedom of speech, freedom

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect – freedom of thought and freedom of action. Frank Murphy

The great advantages of

The great advantages of simulation and dissimulation are three. First to lay asleep opposition and to surprise. For where a man’s intentions are published, it is an alarum to call up all that are against them. The second is to reserve a man’s self a fair retreat: for if a man engage himself, by a … Read more

The freedom of thought

The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect. Felix Adler