Salman Rushdie quotes – Free Speech! Freedom of thought!! Freedom to offend!!

 

No religion, political group, leader or person has a monopoly on truth. There are no facts – only beliefs – and beliefs are personal.

I reserve the right not to believe what you believe and to tell you that everything you believe is bullshit and why it is bullshit!

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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
Too true! Bigots and fanatics who claim blasphemy and threaten violence should be opposed as strongly as possible. Tolerance is fundamental!
Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.
Without freedom life is that of a slave.
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
It should make you think though!
Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
It’s a subconscious compulsion.
One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.
It can happen here and will if we let it!
A poet’s work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
WAAAAKKKKEEEE UUUUPPP!!!!!
Our lives teach us who we are.
I’m still learning.

2 thoughts on “Salman Rushdie quotes – Free Speech! Freedom of thought!! Freedom to offend!!

  1. Great quotes, inspiring writer. Just read this from him today, thought I’d share it …

    ‘So, to recap. Trump will go on trial in November accused of racketeering, and again in December accused of child rape. He is a sexual predator, hasn’t released his tax returns, and has used his foundation’s money to pay his legal fees. He has abused the family of a war hero and… oh, but let’s talk about some emails Hillary didn’t send from someone else’s computer, that weren’t a crime anyway, because that’s how to choose a president. Come on, America. Focus.’

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