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RE: You do not have a ‘right’ to free speech (and neither do I)
"I do not agree with what you say, but I shall fight for you to have the right to say it " Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712 - 1778
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
It was a time when you go in prison when you tell your opinion.
Ask Edward Snowden if this time has ended.
Hi @chrisaiki, thanks for sharing, however, you have incorrectly attributed that quote to Rousseau. The statement 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it' was actually written by Evelyn Beatrice Hall in her book, The Friends of Voltaire, and is often misattributed to Voltaire, himself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall