liberty of speech
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Nor did they assent to Bismarck’s proposal that the Reichstag should assume power to exclude from the House members who were guilty of misusing the liberty of speech which they enjoyed there.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
Now while you are considering this statute, I want you to keep in mind this other statement: "No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press."
From Trial of C. B. Reynolds For Blasphemy Defence by Robert G. Ingersoll, at Morristown, N. J., May 1887 by Ingersoll, Robert Green
We think we have liberty of speech, as we understand it, and yet who would undertake to say that our society could live with liberty of speech?
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
This Constitution is in accord with the highest and noblest aspirations of the heart—"No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech."
From Trial of C. B. Reynolds For Blasphemy Defence by Robert G. Ingersoll, at Morristown, N. J., May 1887 by Ingersoll, Robert Green
Independent thinking is concerned primarily with removing obstacles to its own action, and in contests for liberty of speech by tongue and pen.
From English Secularism A Confession Of Belief by Holyoake, George Jacob
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