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During colonial times, English speech regulations were rather restrictive.The English criminal common law of seditious libel made criticizing the government a crime. Lord Chief Justice John Holt, writing in 1704–1705, explained the rationale for the prohibition: "For it is very necessary for all governments that the people should have a good opinion of it."
Free speech activists: Floyd Abrams • Guy Aldred • Michael Gottlieb Birckner • Susan Block • Brenda Brathwaite • Roy W. Brown • Lenny Bruce • George Carlin • Henry Carlisle • Zechariah Chafee • The Confessionals • Ida Craddock • Hossein Derakhshan • John Henry Faulk • Elizabeth Gurley Flynn • Larry Flynt • Heather Ford • Pim Fortuyn • Free Speech League ...
1979: A speech on U.S. energy policy by President Jimmy Carter speaks of a "crisis of confidence" among the country's public, and comes to be known as the "malaise" speech, despite Carter not using that word in the address. 1983: Evil Empire, a phrase used in speeches by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to refer to the Soviet Union.
Permanent Free Speech Wall in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. (from Freedom of speech) Image 15 A map of countries which have lèse-majesté laws as of January 2023 (from Freedom of speech ) Image 16 Punk band Visací zámek which composed a popular song " The President Is a Faggot " about Václav Klaus , 2003–2013 Czech President (from ...
The Blue Canoe 12:14, 3 August 2014 (UTC) Interested in the political repression of free speech and the intersection with technology ; CookieMonster755 Free speech is a important value in American History and I want to preserve it in Modern History. Ford MF 21:58, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
The presidents of a wide-ranging group of 13 universities are elevating free speech on their campuses this academic year, as part of a new nonprofit initiative announced Tuesday to combat what ...
The book contrasts present-day free speech liberties afforded to Americans and those possessed by citizens in earlier centuries. [15] The author argues that the scope of civil liberties in the U.S. has increased over time, owing to a desire for freedom among its people being held as an integral value. [ 16 ]
Across the political spectrum, students say they are less certain about the security of free speech than they were five years ago, with the number who say freedom of speech is "very secure" or ...