Patrick Chappatte

Today, fear of bloodshed is forcing us into recognizing new taboos: those of Muslims.

— Patrick Chappatte

We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.

— Patrick Chappatte

I don't think any media has to feel obliged to show the cover of 'Charlie Hebdo.'

— Patrick Chappatte

Moderate people are able to be moderate and have free speech only because there are some people on the fringe.

— Patrick Chappatte

You know what they say? They say, 'The print media is dying' - who says that? Well, the media.

— Patrick Chappatte

The Internet has empowered us. It has empowered you, it has empowered me, and it has empowered some other guys as well.

— Patrick Chappatte

We have learned the lines of good taste through history and our sense of guilt, be it post-colonial or post-Holocaust.

— Patrick Chappatte

A real totalitarianism is at work in the world and wants to impose its views not only on Arab Muslims, but on…

— Patrick Chappatte

Every village in Africa now has a cyber cafe.

— Patrick Chappatte

Some felt as if 'Charlie Hebdo' was obsessed with its 'Screw Allah' stance. It's a sort of provocation that caused a lot…

— Patrick Chappatte

Religion and political cartoons, as you may have heard, make a difficult couple, ever since that day of 2005, when a bunch…

— Patrick Chappatte

The big challenge our society faces is that we live in an increasingly open world with increasingly closed communities. This is also…

— Patrick Chappatte

Let's not let cartoonists get involved in a war of any kind, except for a war against stupidity.

— Patrick Chappatte