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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I dont think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But thats now history. – Colin Powell

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Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand. – Colin Powell

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Fit no stereotypes. Dont chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the teams mission. – Colin Powell

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

The liberty of the press is the Palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman. – Junius

We hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear those words I say to myself, That man is a Red, that man is a Communist. You never heard a real American talk in that manner. – Frank Hague

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

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I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything. – Demetri Martin

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