"One of the problems with defending free speech……" — Salman Rushdie
"One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting."
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482 Quotes by Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie has 482 quotes on this site.
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The only privilege literature deserves - and this privilege it requires in order to exist - is the privilege of…
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The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which,…
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Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the…
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There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds…
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Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming.…
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Good advice is rarer than rubies.
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In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence…
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For a fellow who's not to much to look at, you have the instincts of a champion.
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A man who invents himself needs someone to believe in him... Not only the need to be believed in, but…
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Free speech is life itself.
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After a long, hopeless war, people will settle for peace, at almost any price.
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If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to…
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I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going…
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We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization,…
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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
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No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and…
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Patriarchy is a bully notion, which if you will notice never attacks a nation that can defend itself. Zionism is…
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There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they…
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Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property.
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is…
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Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to…
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You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.
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The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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This resolution simply says Israel has the right to defend itself. This includes conducting operations both inside its borders and…
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