Quotes by Larry Flynt

About Larry Flynt:

Larry Claxton Flynt, Jr. is an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP).
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.

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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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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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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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I will concede to you one thing - 'Hustler' is offensive, even to the point of being iconoclastic. That's our purpose - to be offensive.

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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.

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

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

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

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Author Bio

  • NameLarry Flynt
  • DescriptionAmerican businessman
  • BornNovember 1, 1942
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPublisher; Entrepreneur; Autobiographer