The remedy for the abuse of free speech is more speech.

Striking a balance in favor of individual rights has always been the right decision for us and that it remains so even when technology gives us new ways to exercise those rights. Individual liberty has never weakened us freedom of speech, enhanced by the Net, will only make us stronger.

I wanted folks who glibly compared someone else to Hitler or to Nazis to think a bit harder about the Holocaust.

I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say 'Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?'

If you mention Adolf Hitler or Nazis within a discussion thread, you've automatically ended whatever discussion you were taking part in.

The First Amendment was designed to protect offensive speech, because nobody ever tries to ban the other kind.

Fertilizer played a greater role in this case than computers.

In short, individual freedom of speech leads to a stronger society. But knowing that principle is not enough. You have to know how to put it to use on the Net.