Ksenia Sobchak Quotes

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.

Science is the first expression of punk, because it doesn't advance without challenging authority. It doesn't make progress without tearing down what was there before and building upon the structure.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity.

It is not the writer's task to answer questions but to question answers. To be impertinent, insolent, and, if necessary, subversive.

No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law.

My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn't always discuss for reasons of political expediency.

I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don't really like that. But I really don't care.

I'm well-known for saying unsayable things.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.

Why shouldn't I be allowed to say stupid, outrageous things?

If our hard-earned liberty, our desire to be irreverent of the old and to question the new, can be reduced to one, basic and indispensable right, it must be the right to free speech.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

The American revolutionaries believed in the power of the word. But they had only word of mouth and the printing press. We have the Internet.

No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.

Keep in mind that when public figures get in trouble for something they said, it is usually not because they misspoke, but because they accidentally told the truth.

If I could go, I would tell the truth to the North American people. President Reagan personally ordered my visa to be denied.

Not many people were speaking truth to power in the '80s. I had a really good time doing it - I found it gratifying. It was a joy to have an opportunity to say what you believed. It's challenging to do it in fiction, but I liked writing the novels. I liked writing 'Democracy' particularly.

I like to think of myself as an equal opportunity offender.

I've never really been one to try to be politically correct. I just feel truth is truth, and sometimes I probably offend some people.

Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher.

How do you rebel in a family of rebels?

When my journal appears, many statues must come down.

I refuse to totally grow up. I've always been someone who says and does things that push politically correct boundaries.

If an American citizen or group of citizens were to implement what is in this document [The Declaration of Independence] today, it probably would be considered unpatriotic and even bordering on committing acts of treason or rebellion," said Pastor "It's a powerful document

Freedom is the right to question, and change the established way of doing things.…It is the understanding that allows us to recognize shortcomings and seek solutions. It is the right to put forth an idea, scoffed at by the experts, and watch it catch fire among the people. It is the right to dream-- to follow your dream, or stick to your conscience, even if you're the only one in a sea of doubters.