John Perry Barlow Quotes

What a tiresome place America would be if freedom meant we all had to think alike or be the same color or wear the same gray flannel suit! That road leads to the conformity of the graveyard!

We should love the fact that we're not just getting one point of view. That we have this diversity in entertainment, and people are not scared to be themselves, and people are not scared to make people uncomfortable, and that's all part of it. That's all part of being free.

I should be very sorry to see the United States holding anyone in confinement on account of any opinion that that person might hold. It is a fundamental tenet of our institutions that people have a right to believe what they want to believe and hold such opinions as they want to hold without having to answer to anyone for their private opinion.

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

Our people should feel free to express diverse views, pursue unconventional ideas or simply be different.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters.

All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.

Individuals will speak their minds, which I think is healthy.

No, I'm not politically correct. I never wanted to be, and I never will be.

We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours.

If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, which people don't seem to be shy about expressing.

In London I feel free; nobody bothers anyone and everyone is free to express themselves.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

I have certain things that I stand for, certain things that I believe in, and if you don't like it and you tell me to go to hell, I think that's your God-given right as a fan. It's one of those deals where I'm that one guy who is outside of that realm of good guy, bad guy. I'm just me, and it elicits a response both positive and negative.

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

I don't like people who don't have opinions.

I think people have a right to their point of view.

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

Americans should be free to make their own choice of life styles and private habits without being subject to discrimination or persecution.

With the right of free speech goes the right of free silence.

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

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.

We have the right to be idiots.