Free Speech and PC: Facts and famous quotes

"I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct"

"I detest what you write, but I'd give my life to make it possible for u to continue to write":

Wrote "'He who destroys a good book, kills reason itself." in a pamphlet called Aeropagitica:

“Political correctness is tyranny with manners.”

“Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.”

"In a free state, tongues too should be free." (The Education of a Christian Prince, 1516):

Who was hauled before the Inquisition after claiming the Sun does not revolve around the Earth?

“If f. of s. is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”:

Said he would "obey the Gods rather than [his judges]" if he could not speak freely in court?

“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death ur right to make an ass of yourself.”