Free Speech on Campus Quotes

“Freedom of speech is essential to freedom of thought; it is essential to democratic self-governance; and the alternative-- government censorship and control of ideas-- has always led to disaster.”
― Erwin Chemerinsky, Free Speech on Campus

“Campuses can never punish or censor the expression of ideas, however offensive, because otherwise they cannot perform their function of promoting inquiry, discovery, and the dissemination of new knowledge.”
― Erwin Chemerinsky, Free Speech on Campus

“Words can cause real harm and interfere with a person's education. Campuses have a duty to act-- sometimes legally, always morally-- to protect their students from injury.”
― Erwin Chemerinsky, Free Speech on Campus