If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I don't understand why it's controversial for law-abiding citizens protecting themselves under the Second Amendment. — Jerry Falwell, Jr Copy Share Image
I am always in awe of people who devote their lives to a good cause and are brave enough to take a… — Rebecca Pidgeon Copy Share Image
Contraception really shouldn't be all that controversial because it's a tool a woman can use to delay her first birth until she's,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor. — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial. — Ali Khamenei Copy Share Image
I never have any idea how my opinions will be received, and more often than not I'm surprised when anything I say… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
To be honest, after all the crap that happened with 'Summer Heights High,' I was like, 'I'm not going to write anything… — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
Is anyone saying same-sex couples can't love each other? I love my children. I love my friends, my brother. Heck, I even… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
I believe the medium of film is one of the most powerful tools in the modern era to create positive social change.… — Sam Branson Copy Share Image
“Dissent is most controversial during wartime because it is cast as unpatriotic and dangerous to the national cause. But that is precisely… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
There was a survey done a few years ago that affected me greatly. it was discovered that intelligent people either estimate their… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
I'm bi everything; sexual, coastal, political, controversial. I think if you find your comfortable sexual preference then that's excellent. Everybody knows that… — Jessicka Copy Share Image
My greatest interest in it was certainly not to avoid those things that were going to be controversial about the family but… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
Bad news drives out good news. The irrational is more controversial than the rational. Concurrence can no longer compete with dissent. One… — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
If you see me as a controversial artist or controversial human being, then I could be cashing in on some reality shows.… — Yo Yo Honey Singh Copy Share Image
We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I would not put C.I.A. officers at risk by asking them to undertake risky, controversial activity again. — Gina Haspel Copy Share Image
I do like making things a bit controversial - I think that's what sells and what catches people's ear. — Perrie Edwards Copy Share Image
The Republican leadership thinks the best way to avoid losing elections is to let the Democrats win every controversial issue. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history. — Mike Jackson Copy Share Image
I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive. — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
About specific social issues, there is a great deal to say that departs very far from truism and is, accordingly, significant and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Everything about The Bradshaws is controversial, fluid, uncertain: their age - perhaps 30,000 years old, perhaps older, perhaps more recent - who… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
I'm not a lawyer, but I do know this: we need to protect our ability to tell controversial stories. — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her,… — Shakira Copy Share Image
I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“I thought they expected you to be controversial at UCLA?” “I believe the Board of Regents draws the line at sacrificial murder.” — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
“Krissa had since learned a great deal about the drug Lithium and was now aware of how controversial it was.” — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
I know what it's like to have a family and not have insurance and really need it. As a comic, insurance was… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
I've been asked a lot about the state of dubstep in America, and everyone wants me to say something controversial, but I… — James Blake Copy Share Image
Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial. — Kalle Lasn Copy Share Image
I don’t think it’s that controversial. I’m really in favor of legalizing marijuana. I thought people would be more offended by [this… — Mary-Louise Parker Copy Share Image
I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
I think controversy has this allusion of being controversial but it's totally not, which is why I'm trying to get away from… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
The frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
In academia, I discovered that issues and insights, commonplace among the scholars, are viewed as highly controversial and even as 'heresy' in… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest. — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image