Dennis Miller Quotes

Political correctness is neither political nor is it correct. It amounts to social censorship, and the sooner we spit it out, the better.

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth.

Political correctness is tyranny with manners.

In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.

There is a point where political correctness becomes an acid that erodes freedom.

Another plague upon the land, as devastating as the locusts God loosed on the Egyptians, is 'Political Correctness.'

Political correctness is bad.

Things have happened, having to do with many things including political correctness, where people are so worried about being politically correct that they are unable to function.

Political correctness is the fascism of the 90's, it is this rigid feeling that you have to keep your ideas and your way of looking at things within very narrow boundaries or else you'll offend someone. Certainly one of the purposes of journalism is to challenge just that way of thinking, and certainly one of the purposes of criticism is to break boundaries, that's also one of the purposes of art.

Political correctness is the the inability to state certain truths because they may offend certain people

It is no solution to define words as violence or prejudice as oppression, and then by cracking down on words or thoughts pretend that we are doing something about violence and oppression. No doubt it is easier to pass a speech code or hate-crimes law and proclaim the streets safer than actually to make the streets safer, but the one must never be confused with the other... Indeed, equating "verbal violence" with physical violence is a treacherous, mischievous business.

Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners.

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.

I mean, I really don't want the federal government to be determining whether or not a person who feels certain ways about the environment or about animals or about certain religious issues should be considered an extremist. That to me is a type of thought control, mind control, which is very dangerous.

The Thought Police: To censor and protect.

It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.

Sasha, aren’t you a good communist? How can you allow so much ideological freedom? Do something!.

Political correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others. It is a heritage of communism, but they don't seem to see this.

The surest way to make our youth suspect that there may be something in Communism would be for the government to outlaw it.

Any society that starts forbidding certain words or expressions is a society you should be wary about, whether it's the KGB or social consensus that enforces it.

The alt-right for me is primarily a cultural reaction to the nannying and language policing and authoritarianism of the progressive left - the stranglehold that it has on culture.

Who needs checks and balances when the left, seemingly, knows and can decide right from wrong? When the left can decide what can be said and what cannot be said? When the left can decide how much money you're allowed to make or whether or not you deserve health care? It is a quest for power. And, it is dangerous.

The fatal danger of our times today is a growing intolerance and suppression of both opinions and evidence that differ from the prevailing ideologies that dominate institutions, ranging from the academic world to the corporate world, the media and governmental institutions.

I have always defined political correctness as an elevation of sensitivity over truth.

I think political correctness really does help us when it serves us but it doesn't help us when it silences us.