"For the average American, freedom of speech is simply the freedom to repeat what everyone else is saying and no more."

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Source : Gore Vidal (2011). “Burr: A Novel”, p.598, Vintage

Gore Vidal

#Average Quotes #Freedom Of Speech Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat. Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.”
“Dogs are easier to love than people; they're certainly more dependable. Once they love you, that's it. A true friend in life is a dog.”
“Never trust a woman or an automatic weapon.”
“When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so that you can skin them again.”
“I can be trained, I can actually show you how intelligent I am, I can use a word like delicatessen and know what it means.”
“True art tries not to attract attention in order to be noticed.”
“Godâ€™s word is the same, yesterday and today and a million years from now.”
“The soul has greater need of the ideal than of the real”

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