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George Orwell said this.

• Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two makes four. If that is granted, all else follows. from 1984

• During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

• Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

Noam Chomsky said this:

• If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don't like. Goebbels was in favor of freedom of speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you're in favor of freedom of speech, that means you're in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise.(Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, 1992)

• It's extremely important to preserve freedom of speech, and not to grant the state the right to determine what is or isn't said. A sometimes conflicting right is privacy and protection against verbal or other forms of violence. Once the state is granted the right to prevent speech (writing, songs, etc.) that it claims might precipitate harm, we're on a very dangerous slope. (Noam Chomsky ZNet forum reply, August 7, 2005) link

Public domain cheat sheet

• How can I tell if a work is in the public domain?