free speech

Origin of free speech

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Its insidious reach enters into medical offices and chokes off the free-speech rights of the people trying to work there.

Pediatricians Have the Right to Ask About Guns |Russell Saunders |July 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Jacob Mchangama, a free-speech activist and author in Copenhagen, agrees.

The Repentant Radical |Michael Moynihan |September 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But following an outcry from free-speech advocates and fellow filmmakers, officials eventually backed down.

The Last Jews of Egypt |Alastair Beach |March 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
From that, he notes, we derive everything essential in American free-speech rights.

Free Speech: A Cloistered Value? |Hussein Ibish |September 21, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

He's always proud to see American citizens exercising their free-speech rights.

Pop Culture and the Recession |David Frum |April 30, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
During the next few years after the schism of 1908 these free-speech struggles became rather frequent.

The I.W.W. |Paul Frederick Brissenden
They cannot sustain a live organization unless they have a strike or free-speech fight to stimulate their spirit.

An American Idyll |Cornelia Stratton Parker
Weinstock, Harris, report on San Diego free-speech fight, 266.

The I.W.W. |Paul Frederick Brissenden
No attempt is made here to go into the various strikes and free-speech controversies in more than a very cursory manner.

The I.W.W. |Paul Frederick Brissenden
The most serious of these was the Everett free-speech controversy which culminated in the fatal tragedy of November 6, 1916.

The I.W.W. |Paul Frederick Brissenden

free speech

the right to express one's opinions publicly