We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. – John F. Kennedy

I am thankful for all the complaining I hear about our government because it means we have freedom of speech. – Nancie J. Carmody

We do not fear censorship for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue – D.W. (David Wark) Griffith

Did you ever hear anyone say, “That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me?” – Joseph Henry Jackson