Ruling On Criticism

Freedom lies in being bold. - Robert Frost

A pun is the lowest form of wit. - John Dennis

Wit is the lowest form of humor. - Alexander Pope

Forgetfulness is a form of freedom. - Kahlil Gibran

The freedom of birds is an insult to me. - Cormac McCarthy

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. - Francis Bacon

Tears at times have all the weight of speech. - Ovid

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought. - Graham Greene

Speech is the vestibule to the palace of love. - Jami of Persia

Free speech is a great idea, but we're in a war. - Lindsey Graham

Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one. - A.J. Liebling

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence. - Pythagoras

All poetry is a reproduction of the tones of actual speech. - Robert Frost

A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech. - Plutarch

The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession. - Mark Twain

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death. - Angela Davis

They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom. - William Wallace

When people are proud of their speech, be proud of your silence. - Luqman

The secret of happiness is freedom; the secret of freedom is courage. - Carrie Jones

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends. - Alphonse de Lamartine

How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization. - Chen Guangcheng

The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating. - Andrew Goodman

Slaves who are disabled from working shall be provided for by their masters. - Unknown

Speak when you're angry and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. - L.J. Peter

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway. - Will Durant

Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women's economic freedom. - Gloria Steinem

At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer. - Marshall Lumsden

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires. - Bertrand Russell

There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit. - Dana Perino

Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to. - Unknown

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. - Frederick Douglass

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes. - Robert Kennedy

The trouble with many critics is that they tell you what should be in situations they never have been in themselves. - Unknown

Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect. But we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in. - John F Kennedy

I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it. - Ernest Hemingway

Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends. - Mary Catherwood

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. - Sigmund Freud

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold you have escaped, not from one master, but from many. - Plato

Doing and saying the right thing are not sufficient. Doing the right thing in the right way and with the person's comfort in mind is critical. - Ravi Zacharias

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. - Viktor Frankl