Sebastian Horsley Quotes

Freedom of speech is freedom to offend.

Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?

The intelligent defense of free speech should not rest on the notion that we must tolerate every form of speech, no matter how offensive. It's that we should lean toward greater tolerance for speech we dislike, and reserve our harshest penalties only for the worst offenders.

I just think political correctness is a limitation on our First Amendment freedoms.

There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.

One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting.

If you're politically correct, chances are you're not coming to one of my shows. I get to go onstage and say things that everybody thinks all the time, but can't say out loud.

I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended.

You may not like the expression of an opinion, but you can't stop it.

Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they express, or the words they speak or write.

Free speech is meaningless unless it tolerates the speech that we hate.

If there is a bedrock principle of the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.

Beautiful speech doesn't need protection, it's ugly speech that needs protection. We have these cultural norms that allow people to say really ugly things. You don't have to invite them to your dinner party, but you should let them say it.

Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things.

The people on the far left, they claim to be about free speech and expression. But as soon as you put something out there that offends them, all of a sudden, no - free speech out the window.

Hate speech can't be a part of free speech.

Nowhere does our Constitution say we cannot say something about another's religion. Nowhere does our Constitution say we cannot say anything that offends someone.

There is no right to not be offended, nor should there be.

Individuals have a right to freedom of speech.

The First Amendment was designed to protect offensive speech, because nobody ever tries to ban the other kind.

I no longer believe in freedom of speech.

To curtail free expression strikes twice at intellectual freedom, for whoever deprives another of the right to state unpopular views necessarily deprives others of the right to listen to those views.

In fact, it's become politically important to offend people, because we have to fight back against this notion that being offensive should be against the law or something, and that everyone supposedly deserves "respect" for their often dopy views.

What is one man's hate speech is another man's poetry.

Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.