The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.

Quote by Bell Hooks

Topics: Free Speech Quotes

The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The...

The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The...

The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able...

The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able...

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody...

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody...

Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move...

Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move...

We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think...

We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think...

Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good...

Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good...

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as...

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as...

All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.

All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.

I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my...

I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my...

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became...

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women,...

I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women,...

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that...

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that...

I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in...

I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that...

I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that...

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the...

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the...

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and...

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and...

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of...

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of...

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is...

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is...