Controversial Views Quotes

I think America causes cancer, longevity is less important than fun, and young people should be discouraged from voting.

Liberal arts colleges have traditionally provided a forum for debating ideas. Avoiding controversy and 'playing it safe' by not inviting - or disinviting - speakers with 'controversial' views stifles debate.

Society needs a couple of vents that say what you're not supposed to say.

Trump's immigration positions do not deserve a response because they are so outlandish. If you force me to give you three words to describe them they would be: ludicrous, impractical and racist.

A lot of people listen to Rush Limbaugh just because he's a great entertainer.

I was exceptionally opinionated as a teenager, never afraid to rant and ruin a birthday party or cinema trip.

I consider Playboy very wholesome, frankly.

When I read Rush Limbaugh's 'The Way Things Ought to Be,' it was like a page-turning thriller to me. Every page was like some new revelation.

Dissent is difficult. It can constitute a real dilemma for the person who disagrees.

I am attacked equally by the hard right and the hard left for expressing what they regard as politically incorrect views. I thrive on such controversy and welcome it. It only encourages me to speak out more. I have not been affected by attacks on me for defending freedom of speech and due process.

Newt Gingrich is one of the brightest people in the Republican Party and he's always been a little unorthodox in his approach to politics, but that's what makes him Newt Gingrich.

I haven't always been warmly welcomed for holding my conservative positions in Hollywood. Then again, I've never been very good at being politically correct either, on or off screen. So why start now?

I'm one of the best-loved psychologists in the United States, but I'm also probably the most hated one.

There should be restriction on migration. Some people may criticize me for that. But the future generations will see the merit in my argument.

You can get an audience no matter what your opinion is.

I just tell the truth. Some people don't like it. Some people do.

A lot of people on Capitol Hill don't want to talk to me.

Howard's unbelievably nutty, politically incorrect style is probably the single biggest influence on me.

Sometimes a polemic tweeter is more important than a normal view.

If we do have people appearing on the air live that are later found out to be Holocaust deniers or anything like that, we immediately put them onto a list of people who are forbidden from the air.

One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting.

In documentary, mostly, people are going to say untoward things; people are going to have gnarly beliefs. People aren't perfect.

I'm a far cry from politically correct, because I don't really care what the political views are. I don't care what the people say. I'll say my opinion. That will always make you controversial.

As you may possibly have noticed from time to time, I have tended to make a habit of sticking my head above the parapet and generally getting it shot off for pointing out what has always been blindingly obvious to me.

The right of free speech cannot be parceled out based on whether we want to hear what the speaker has to say or whether we agree with those views. It means, quite often, tolerating the expression of views that we find distasteful, perhaps even repugnant.