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.
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.
In the land of the tulip, "the first freedom" - freedom of speech - may be in the balance.
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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.
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.
"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.
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.
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".
The Newspaper Society, representing local papers, said the proposals agreed by the three parties would place "a crippling burden on the UK's 1, 100 local newspapers, inhibiting freedom of speech and the freedom to publish".
According to local media reports, the company's appeal on Monday argued that the ban violates freedom-of-speech provisions of the Indian Constitution and is out of line with international practices.
In fact, he says, parents see it as an important expression of their freedom of speech, enshrined in the US Constitution.
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Many in the online world cherish freedom of speech and hesitate to exclude even the malign.
Al-Awlaki acknowledged his son has espoused some controversial views but all of them, he said, would be protected by freedom of speech provisions in the American Constitution.
Critics of the French ruling agree that it would set a dangerous precedent, by allowing one country to interfere with freedom of speech across the entire Internet.
The U.S. Supreme Court, as expected, struck down a California law banning the sale of violent video games to children, saying video games are protected under the First Amendment and the law was an unconstitutional restriction of the freedom of speech.
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Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people.
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All of these clashes serve as reminders of the difficulty of reconciling the borderless nature of the Internet with national differences on matters like privacy or freedom of speech.
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Article 12 of the Interim Constitution of Nepal guarantees freedom of speech.
"Throughout your lifetime you experience all sorts of pressure groups across the world who, through freedom of speech, are allowed to express their views, " said McLaren boss Ron Dennis.
The workshop aims to equip presenters with the skills necessary to inform and educate the public about hate speech, and to limit the transmission of hate speech without limiting freedom of expression.
Anonymous has always believed in the freedom of information and speech, this is Anonymous 101.
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This is not just about freedom of speech, but the realities of technology.
His message got through, though: Suharto's experiment in allowing greater freedom of speech and of the press, first unveiled in the early 1990s, is all but over.
Although businesspeople clearly share the same freedom of speech prerogatives afforded anyone not living under a totalitarian regime, I recommend they focus on improving their return to their stakeholders.
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