Two things form the bedrock of any open society – freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don’t have those things, you don’t have a free country.
SALMAN RUSHDIEEven when things are at their worst, there’s a little voice in your head saying, ‘Good story!’
More Salman Rushdie Quotes
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But there’s one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever the murderers may be trying to achieve, creating a better world certainly isn’t one of their goals. Instead they are out to murder innocent people.
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To understand just one life you have to swallow the world do you wonder, then, that I was a heavy child?
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I didn’t become a writer to write about me.
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Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.
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We all owe death a life.
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Once you put a thought into the world, it can be disagreed with, but it can’t be unthought.
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What I do think is evident is that those countries in the world where Islamic extremism has recovered the most power, those are also the countries which are most disliked.
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What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?
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In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.
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Perhaps the story you finish is never the one you begin.
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The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.
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Of course, there is nothing intrinsic linking any religion with any act of violence. The crusades don’t prove that Christianity was violent. The Inquisition doesn’t prove that Christianity tortures people. But that Christianity did torture people.
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I’ve been worrying about God a little bit lately. It seems like he’s been in a bad mood. And I think it has to do with the quality of lovers he’s been getting.
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Reality is a question of perspective.
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How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
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