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Article XI – The free communication...



Article XI – The free communication of thoughts and of opinions is one of the most precious rights of man: any citizen thus may speak, write, print freely, except to respond to the abuse of this liberty, in the cases determined by the law.



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French
Article XI – La libre communication des pensées et des opinions est un des droits les plus précieux de l’homme : tout citoyen peut donc parler, écrire, imprimer librement, sauf à répondre de l’abus de cette liberté, dans les cas déterminés par la loi.

German
Artikel 11 – Die freie Äußerung von Gedanken und Meinungen ist eines der kostbarsten Menschenrechte: Jeder Bürger kann also frei reden, schreiben und drucken, vorbehaltlich seiner Verantwortlichkeit für den Missbrauch dieser Freiheit in den durch das Gesetz bestimmten Fällen.

Italian
Art. XI – La libera comunicazione dei pensieri e delle opinioni è un diritto de' più preziosi per l'uomo: quindi ogni cittadino può parlare, scrivere, stampar liberamente, salvo a rispondere dell'abuso di questa libertà nei casi determinati dalla legge.

Spanish
Art. XI – Puesto que la libre comunicación de los pensamientos y opiniones es uno de los más valiosos derechos del Hombre, todo Ciudadano puede hablar, escribir y publicar libremente, teniendo en cuenta que es responsable de los abusos de esta libertad en los casos determinados por la Ley.




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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.




Quotes

Quotes about freedom of expression:


People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.





I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.





If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.





If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.





Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.





In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.











Quotes for: Human rights


Quotes

Quotes about Human rights:


Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.





Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.





Article II – The goal of any political association is the conservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, safety and resistance against oppression.





Article III – The principle of any sovereignty resides essentially in the Nation. No body, no individual can exert authority which does not emanate expressly from it.





Article V – The law has the right to forbid only actions harmful to society. Anything which is not forbidden by the law cannot be impeded, and no one can be constrained to do what it does not order.





Article VI – The law is the expression of the general will. All the citizens have the right of contributing personally or through their representatives to its formation. It must be the same for all, either that it protects, or that it punishes. All the citizens, being equal in its eyes, are equally admissible to all public dignities, places and employments, according to their capacity and without distinction other than that of their virtues and of their talents.











Quotes for: opinion


Quotes

Quotes for: opinion


Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.





I think my opinions are good and sound, but who does not think the same of his own?





Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess. And in this it is not likely that all are mistaken: the conviction is rather to be held as testifying that the power of judging aright and of distinguishing truth from error, which is properly what is called good sense or reason, is by nature equal in all men; and that the diversity of our opinions, consequently, does not arise from some being endowed with a larger share of reason than others, but solely from this, that we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects. For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.





Article X – No one may be disturbed for his opinions, even religious ones, provided that their manifestation does not trouble the public order established by the law.





We are so fond of being out among Nature, because it has no opinions about us.





So many men, so many opinions.











Quotes

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We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
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You cannot hold the day back, but you can avoid wasting it.
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Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.





Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.





We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
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