Kevin Durant Quotes

Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion

Society needs a couple of vents that say what you're not supposed to say.

What is often said in private may not be said in public.

I think people are frightened of saying what they think, and I think that's a bad thing for society.

We don't want people to be afraid of saying something interesting on the off chance it's taken the wrong way.

I think controversy is an interesting thing in that it usually goes hand in hand with starting conversations that surround taboo or under-discussed topics that need to be discussed and need to be less in the shadows, in my opinion.

It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be afraid to speak.

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.

Politically correct enforcement that's out there in our society has tightened things down to the point where people just walk on eggshells and they are afraid to address things that are really on their mind.

Why do we not hear the truth? Because we do not speak it.

I can, of course, think what I want, just like everyone else. I simply have to refrain from saying everything I think.

I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.

You can't always say what you'd like to say.

It is never smart, even in a strong democracy, to declare some debate off limits. In a weakening democracy it is catastrophic.

Where men cannot freely convey their thoughts to one another, no other liberty is secure.

In the absence of debate unrestricted utterance leads to the degradation of opinion .... The more rational is overcome by the less rational, and the opinions that will prevail will be those that are held most ardently by those with the most passionate will. For that reason the freedom to speak can never be maintained merely by objecting to interference with the liberty of the press, of printing, of broadcasting, of the screen. It can be maintained only by promoting debate.

The American public is capable of doing its own censoring… If you curtail what the other fellow says and does, you curtail what you yourself may say and do.

Everyone champions freedom of expression in the abstract but few can resist calling for censorship when they do not like what is being expressed.

Libraries are public institutions that serve as catalysts for public discussions that help solve community challenges. Such efforts are not possible when patrons are not allowed to engage in open debate in a public forum, but rather are arrested for asking difficult questions.

I think all of society should be a think-tank where you throw ideas about. I had hoped the Internet would help. Actually, what it has done is make everybody go schtum. They're attacked for saying anything. So they say nothing.

Think about it: If you were publicly branded a racist on an issue of public debate, might you not next time hesitate to speak out, write your elected representatives or go to a meeting? That's a chilling effect - and undermines the First Amendment.

While people can differ on the issues, no one should seek to discourage freedom of speech.

If the so called 'democratic' individuals out there really believe in their talk about diversity, they should let those with truly different opinions be allowed to talk freely in public, too.

Public discourse degenerated. There's no longer a place for intelligent debate at universities, where people just work for degrees and careers. My own experience was how my trade union's lively branch debates dwindled to a few people round cups of coffee. There's a climate of people frightened to say what they think for fear of offending someone.

My view is, let's not shut down anyone's right to speak, let's meet their comments with more speech.