Varg Vikernes Quotes

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

That's the beauty of democracy — you believe what you believe, I believe what I believe, and as long as we're not hurting each other, that's fine. Placing a value judgment on a person's beliefs has no place in a democracy.

America is great precisely because it is an open society, and an open society recognizes that nobody is the ultimate arbiter — and that we may be wrong at times, even if we are powerful. We must be open to criticism and respect divergent and different views and interests.

Democracy depends on the idea that we hold each others’ right to express ourselves and be heard above our own desire to always get the outcomes we want. You can’t impose tolerance top-down.

We are a country based on democracy, tolerance, and openness to the world.

One of the hallmarks of higher education and of democracy is the ability to converse with people with whom we disagree.

Those who know my stance on Israeli democracy also know that there is nothing more foreign to me than the rejection of a position different to my own.

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.

Different people have different opinions, and it's okay to respect all of them.

Everybody's opinion is equally valid, and I feel like everybody should have an opportunity to speak out, and everyone should have the courage to speak out.

Whether you're a libertarian liberal or a more egalitarian liberal, the idea is that justice means being non-judgmental with respect to the preferences people bring to public life.

Fascist movements kill off their critics, literally or metaphorically, while democratic movements value, invite and even welcome criticism.

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Everyone should have their own opinion and be able to voice it. No matter what it is. Of course, that does not mean your opinion is always right. But, you're certainly entitled to your opinion.

A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.

A free society means that you might have to put up with a lot of things you despise.

We must protect the right of our opponents to speak, because we must hear what they have to say.

The doctrine of toleration requires a positive as well as a negative statement. It is not only wrong to burn a man on account of his creed, but it is right to encourage the open avowal and defense of every opinion sincerely maintained. Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service. We should be grateful to him for attacking most unsparingly our most cherished opinions.

People must be protected from prejudice against their person. But people cannot be protected from prejudice against their ideas - because otherwise we're all done.

I think that's the beauty of living in America, right? We all get our own opinion, and no one opinion is absolute.

You've got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view.

A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

While the protection of speech is at the bedrock of our democracy, it's critical as a nation that we exercise our right every day - and that includes embracing and engaging with those we may not agree with.

A key part of our democracy is having a marketplace of ideas, open forums where people with diverse viewpoints can be heard and treated with respect.

I think that makes America wonderful, that we have different opinions.