One of the best remembered moments is the declaration of the "Four Freedoms" in Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union -- the freedom from want, the freedom from fear, the freedom of speech and the freedom of worship.
Humor does not provide an open license to espouse dangerously hateful messages, nor is freedom of speech the same as freedom from the consequences of speech.
It was a classic case of freedom of speech meeting the irrational repercussions of that speech.
There's degrees and there's got to be a halfway house between freedom of the press and freedom of speech, and the right to a person's private life and privacy.
Alfon and Haaretz were portrayed as the courageous defenders of freedom of speech and the true watchdogs of Israeli democracy, selflessly paying the expenses of their persecuted reporter hiding away in London.
Second, we stand for universal values, including the rights of the Egyptian people to freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, and the freedom to access information.
And that is what happened to Lars Hedegaard when the Muslim assassins shot at him represented the next level of the war against the freedom of speech.
Article 35 of the Chinese constitution guarantees freedom of speech and the press, but it is no match in court against a web of laws on libel and on revealing state secrets.
In the land of the tulip, "the first freedom" - freedom of speech - may be in the balance.
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This is America, the democracy, the freedom of speech, the freedom of assembly, the freedom to petition your government.
The United States has the oldest democracy in the world, but we constantly have to, as citizens, work to make sure that it is working to include everybody, to make sure that the freedoms that are in our Constitution -- the freedom of speech, the freedom of worship -- that those are practiced and observed.
The resulting debate encompassed different interpretations of Islam, issues of portrayal, language, religious tolerance, the right to freedom of speech, the character of the Arab media and more in a heightened atmosphere which cut through the normal professional courtesies.
With this crude rebuff of Mr. Wilders, the Netherlands, and freedom of speech, the British government has all but ensured that such extremism, hatred and violent messages will continue to flourish in British soil, taking root and taking over.
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He scorns a reading of the first amendment which protects only freedom of speech and the press, and not other forms of expression such as letter writing or making television programmes.
Regardless of any situation, we believe that the people of Egypt have a right to freedom of expression and freedom of speech, and that includes the use of the Internet.
Mr Leshchenko began working for Ukrainska Pravda several days before Gongadze's disappearance but he refuses to be compared to the dead journalist who has become an iconic figure in Ukraine, a symbol of struggle for the freedom of speech.
These efforts are not intended to chill or stifle free speech, but rather to protect the integrity and freedom of that speech and to protect the rights of victims and suspects alike.
Once the curtain falls on freedom of speech, the outside world will lack the necessary information to protect those who have the courage to stand up against this growing tyranny.
After all, as participants of the International Legal Conference on Freedom of Speech and Religion discussed, the Obama administration recently joined the Organization of the Islamic Conference in sponsoring a resolution that would require UN member nations to act to bar and penalize speech that offends Muslims or can be claimed to encourage discrimination, hatred or violence against them.
Among those guaranteed rights and privileges are: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, due process and equal protection under the law, the right to privacy and the right to keep and bear arms.
"I think people have plenty of freedom of speech, but the polls should be a neutral place, otherwise you have people in there that would be politicking, " she says.
You then also have to have a process to establish rule of law and the respect of the rights of minorities, and a constant vigilance when it comes to do with freedom of the press and freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
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Two decades after the fatwa was imposed on Mr Rushdie, it appears that many Western artists, publishers and governments are more willing today to sacrifice some of their freedom of speech than was the case in 1989.
Focused on diversity of opinions and guided by respect to freedom of speech, the staff of UNESCO in Brazil has selected a list of relevant personalities from diverse professional backgrounds, with a firm belief that this group of people has something sound and interesting to say.
He takes the Bill of Rights seriously and is an unapologetic defender of freedom of speech and press the First Amendment and the right to bear arms the Second Amendment.
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We can talk about the universal values of free speech, of freedom of assembly, freedom to communicate across the Internet or social networking, but it is not up to -- and it should not be up to our government or some entity in our government to determine what the scope of freedom of speech looks like in Egypt.
The 16-point charter also embraces democracy, freedom of speech and the rule of law among its provisions.
As the Pew poll mentioned earlier in this special report found, the middle class consistently supports a competitive democracy and freedom of speech and the press.
As in America, protesters are casting the conflict in monumental terms, citing extreme risks to freedom of speech and the freedom of the internet.
The Newspaper Society, representing local papers, said the proposals would place "a crippling burden on the UK's 1, 100 local newspapers, inhibiting freedom of speech and the freedom to publish".
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