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Quote from Salman Rushdie,


"Freedom of speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist."


By:

Salman Rushdie (more quotes by Salman Rushdie or books by/about Salman Rushdie)


(1947-) British-Indian novelist and essayist

Source:

"The right to be downright offensive" by Jonathan Duffy in BBC News Magazine (21 December 2004)

Categories:

Freedom, Speech, Offense, Life

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