Sanam Saeed Quotes

In every society liberals are not very popular. Liberalism is not a populist movement.

The country is moving to a more open society.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.

I love America, it's a much more permissive place.

The long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

A final argument for broad freedom of expression is its effect on the character of individuals in a society. Citizens in a free society must have courage — the courage to hear not only unwelcome political speech but novel and shocking ideas in science and the arts.

There is no right in the world not to be offended. That right simply doesn’t exist. In a free society, an open society, people have strong opinions, and these opinions very often clash. In a democracy, we have to learn to deal with this.

I grew up in San Fransisco in a very liberal community. My environment was very, very open and very liberal.

Filmmakers and artists always thrive during more liberal times.

I am personally quite liberal.

'Liberal' is a great word - from the root, 'liberty,' which means free.

One has to strive for a very open liberal society.

An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

I am certainly a liberal.

I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.

After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I set up the publishing company in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen in mainland China, and managed to publish works of fiction, philosophy, and politics by unapproved authors.

In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.

I'm an extreme libertarian, but I realize we're in a democracy, and in a democracy, people can have views of all stripes, and there's no reason to argue about it.

This is my favourite thing about being raised in Africa: we don't do labels very well; we don't do this, 'Oh, you're a Democrat; oh, you're a Republican.' Because we live in the real world.

I believe in all the qualities of being a liberal. I keep going back to all the great social events in our country's history, starting with the Salem witch trials, where the conservative view was that they're witches and should be burned at the stake, and the liberal view was there's no such thing as witches.

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

Every society has a right to preserve public peace and order, and therefore has a good right to prohibit the propagation of opinions which have a dangerous tendency.

Anyone who believes in tolerance and freedom will support Denmark and publish all 12 cartoons.