Quote by Salman Rushdie
Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech i

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

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I was 21 in 1968, so Im as much a child of the 60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968. – Salman Rushdie

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The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff. – Salman Rushdie

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What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy. – Salman Rushdie

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

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you dont agree with. – Eleanor Holmes Norton

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

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. – John Andrew Holmes

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