Garry Trudeau Quotes

There is no policy too sensitive to question, and no subject so taboo that you cannot even mention it

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

That's what I love about the Internet. Even if it's small-scale and you're just posting on a forum, that's an uncensored expression. That's what I love.

I would love it if every talk show let me say whatever I pleased.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

If I had to control what I was speaking, it would be a chore. Right now I just feel I've got my shoes off, everybody comes in, I talk. If I was an actor it could be a problem, but right now I just talk all the crap, I can badmouth anybody I want, I can say what I want and move on.

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

There's a couple things you don't talk about in life, and that's race, religion and politics. I try to make sure I don't talk about politics at all.

The secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to let some air into the discussion.

It just so happens that people aren't doing comedy about abortion or cannibalism or waterboarding. And that to me doesn't necessarily mean that there aren't aspects of those subjects that are funny, it just means that people are too uptight.

The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

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

None of us would trade freedom of expression and of ideas for the narrowness of the public censor. America is the free market for people who have something to say, and need not fear to say it.

I want to talk about the things that people don't think you're allowed to talk about.

I will always demand the right for theatre to talk about anything and anyone. Without exception. None.

Academic freedom and free speech mean the right to consider ideas with which you might disagree.

I like talking about things that are taboo, because it makes them not taboo anymore.

Liberty of speech invites and provokes liberty to be used again, and so bringeth much to a man's knowledge.

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

We can express ideas without being afraid of being killed or imprisoned.

It's not necessarily a brave thing, people talk about what they think about. There's people out there who love to talk about politics or where they think the countries headed. I don't talk about that I talk about...things that are a little trippier.

I was known to spout off about [ politics and religion] sometimes, especially in my drinkin' days! It was pretty dangerous actually.

There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people...religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin!

My belief in free speech is so profound that I am seldom tempted to deny it to the other fellow. Nor do I make any effort to differentiate between the other fellow right and that other fellow wrong, for I am convinced that free speech is worth nothing unless it includes a full franchise to be foolish and even...malicious.

It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. There must be no limit on the range of temperate discussion, no limits on thought. No subject must be taboo. No censor must preside at our assemblies.