Quote by Colin Powell
Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outr

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection. – Colin Powell

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It isnt enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again? – Colin Powell

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Wouldnt it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind? – Colin Powell

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Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. – Salman Rushdie

A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything. – Napoleon Bonaparte

The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it. – Grace (Patricia) Kelly

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp, disgraced by Gobbles and debased by advertising copy, remains a force for freedom that flies out between all bars. – Nadine Gordimer

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The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma. – Marlene Dietrich

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With existing technology, we can enforce airport security without sacrificing our personal privacy. – Tom Udall

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Remove the temptation of idleness and cupids bow is useless. – Ovid

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