--- title: Jeff Sessions at Georgetown Law Talks Speech on Campus description: Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that freedom of speech is under attack on college campuses in America. Read the full transcript. canonical: https://time.com/4957604/jeff-sessions-georgetown-law-speech-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-26T17:32:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:36:11.566Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Jeff Sessions' Speech on Campus Free Speech og:description: Colleges are an "echo chamber of political correctness," Sessions says og:url: https://time.com/4957604/jeff-sessions-georgetown-law-speech-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ff3c3e41aa26093/6988df65096a946cf769fbed/jeff-sessions-georgetown.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: AG Jeff Sessions Holds Vigil Ceremony To Mark Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Jeff Sessions' Speech on Campus Free Speech twitter:description: Colleges are an "echo chamber of political correctness," Sessions says twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ff3c3e41aa26093/6988df65096a946cf769fbed/jeff-sessions-georgetown.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Colleges Are an 'Echo Chamber of Political Correctness.' Read Jeff Sessions' Speech on Campus Free Speech by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Sep 26, 2017 5:32 PM UTC  Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice on Sept. 11, 2017 in Washington. Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice on Sept. 11, 2017 in Washington.Zach Gibson—Getty Images by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Sep 26, 2017 5:32 PM UTC Attorney General [Jeff Sessions](http://time.com/4877246/jeff-sessions-donald-trump-fox-news-interview/) said Tuesday that freedom of speech is under attack on college campuses in America. During [a speech at Georgetown Law School](http://time.com/4957632/jeff-sessions-donald-trump-georgetown-law/), Sessions said political correctness has transformed academic spaces “into an echo chamber of political correctness and homogeneous thought.” He cited the cancelling of speaking events due to fear of protests as an example, referring to such incidents as a “heckler’s veto.” “This is not right,” he said. “This is not in the great tradition of America. And, yet, school administrators bend to this behavior. In effect, they coddle it and encourage it.” Read the full transcript of his remarks as prepared for delivery below: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4957604/jeff-sessions-georgetown-law-speech-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4957604/jeff-sessions-georgetown-law-speech-transcript/"},"headline":"Colleges Are an 'Echo Chamber of Political Correctness.' 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