"If there is a bedrock principle underlying 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."

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Source : "Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397". 1989.

William J. Brennan

#Expression Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Government Quotes

“Many problems that challenge us today can be traced back to a profound tension between what is good and desirable for society as a whole and what is good and desirable for an individual. That conflict can be found in global problems such as climate change, pollution, resource depletion, poverty, hunger, and overpopulation.”

Source : Martin Nowak, Roger Highfield (2012). “SuperCooperators: Altruism, Evolution, and Why We Need Each Other to Succeed”, p.20, Simon and Schuster
“I am a disaster magnet. I came home from our first anniversary vacation with jellyfish stings, a puncture wound from a wrought iron pineapple and a cork-shaped bruise in my cleavage.”
“Chase away the demons, and they will take the angels with them.”
“An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.”

Source : "Juliette Binoche Honored at the Marrakesh International Film Festival". Interview with Karin Badt, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 4, 2013.
“There's always a race against time. I don't think for one moment that life gets better. How can it? One's body starts to fall apart.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Nothing could be further from the truth than the claim that we have a choice between cutting tax and cutting unemployment, for the two go hand in hand.”
“In essentials, unity; in differences, liberty; in all things, charity.”
“At the moment, I'm focusing on these kind of "small" films - maybe after that, I will make bigger films in English.”

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