Larry Flynt quotes

Larry Flynt was an American publisher and the founder of Hustler magazine, known for his provocative and controversial approach to adult entertainment. His legal battles over freedom of speech had a significant impact on First Amendment rights in the United States. He became a symbol of the fight for free expression and individual liberties. Here are 26 of his quotes:

My position has always been that there's two types of people opposed to pornography: those who don't know what they're talking about, and those who don't know what they're missing.

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As I see it, the sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing among its citizens should not be in the business of killing people itself.

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You know, everybody believes in free speech until you start questioning them about it.

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The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers.

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My mother always told me that no matter how much you dislike a person, when you meet them face to face you will find characteristics about them that you like. Jerry Falwell was a perfect example of that. I hated everything he stood for, but after meeting him in person, years after the trial, Jerry Falwell and I became good friends. He would visit me in California and we would debate together on college campuses. I always appreciated his sincerity even though I knew what he was selling and he knew what I was selling.

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This is for Larry Flynt.

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If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment.

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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.

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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.

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Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation.

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Moses freed the Jews. Lincoln freed the slaves. I freed the neurotics.

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The right-wing of the Republican party isn't so much a political agenda as a plea for help.

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You have to be able to tolerate what you don't necessarily like so you can be free.

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Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.

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You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.

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In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that individual communities should set obscenity standards. Whenever a case is tried, it will be based on a community standard for that particular place.

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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.

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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.

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People aren't interested in others controlling what they can do or read or see in the privacy of their own homes.

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I don't think many people anticipated how the Internet was going to revolutionize the way we disseminate information.

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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.

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I used to buy into a former Supreme Court justice's argument that you can't scream fire in a crowded theater. Well, I think you can.

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