| 单词 | liberty of speech |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliberty of speech liberty of speech n. freedom to express one's opinions without censorship, legal penalty, or any other restraint, esp. when regarded as a right. ΚΠ ?1572 J. Hooker Order & Vsage Keeping of Parlements sig. Hi Also euery person hauing voices in Parlement: hath free libertie of speach to speak his minde, oppinion and iudgement to any matter proponed. 1647 J. Hall Poems Pref. sig. A3 Justice it self cannot deny me liberty of speech before sentence. 1763 Lloyd's Evening Post 27–30 May 507/2 The distinction is also one of the chief pillars of the liberty of speech without doors, and of the liberty of the press. 1849 J. R. Beard Illustr. Divine in Christianity 301 Liberty of thought and liberty of speech are the gift of my Creator. From him I hold them, not from man nor from society. 1875 Dublin Rev. 25 129 Already the liberty of speech of the bishops and clergy had been seriously menaced. 1908 J. Mackinnon Hist. Mod. Liberty III. v. 70 Whilst thus eager to persecute Papists, the Commons were very zealous for liberty of speech for themselves. 2006 J. B. White Living Speech i. 29 As Americans we are committed to our liberties, to our liberty of speech above all. < as lemmas |
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