Larry Flynt Quotes

Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like; it protects speech you don't like.

No one understands that the First Amendment is only important if you are going to offend somebody. If you're not going to offend somebody, you don't need protection of the First Amendment.

If Kim Jong Un and his henchmen were upset before, wait till they see the movie we're going to make.

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.

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

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

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.

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.

The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?

You can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

Within three or four months, the average girl will just get used up. It just takes your soul, you know? It just takes your soul.

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.

Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted.

I've always felt that feminism was just an excuse for ugly women to march.

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

If the human body's obscene, complain to the manufacturer, not me.

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

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

You know, a huge drain on California's economy is the illegal immigrants. We need to close the borders.

Along with a strong belief in your own inner voice, you also need laser-like focus combined with unwavering determination.

Women are here to serve men. Look at them, they got to squat to piss. Hell, that proves it.

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

I may be paralyzed from the waist down, but unlike Gray Davis, I'm not paralyzed from the neck up.

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

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.

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.

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

Those who would give up their civil liberties for security deserve neither.

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

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