FREEDOM • TRUTH • JUSTICE

WALL OF FREE SPEECH ADVOCATES

HONORING THE VOICES WHO CHAMPIONED FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND DEFENDED OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER.

THE CHAMPIONS OF LIBERTY

Portrait of John F. Kennedy

JOHN F. KENNEDY

35th President of the United States

LIBERTY
"Without debate, without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed—and no republic can survive."
1961-1963
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Portrait of Barack Obama

BARACK OBAMA

44th President of the United States

LIBERTY
"The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside smaller differences in service of a greater purpose."
2009-2017
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Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

THOMAS JEFFERSON

3rd President of the United States

LIBERTY
"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."
1801-1809
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Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

32nd President of the United States

LIBERTY
"Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them."
1933-1945
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Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

16th President of the United States

LIBERTY
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and under a just God, cannot long retain it."
1861-1865
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Portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

First Lady & Human Rights Advocate

LIBERTY
"Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility."
1933-1945
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