Larry Flynt Quotes

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Larry Flynt

Profession : Publisher

Birth : November 1, 1942

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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Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.

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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.

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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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These days... it's all vanilla sex for me.

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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.

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

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Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation.

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After the first million, money isn't important.

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

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

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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.

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

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

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

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