The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.

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I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women,...

I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women,...

I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my...

I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my...

I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in...

I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in...

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is...

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is...

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as...

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as...

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that...

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that...

I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that...

I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became...

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became...

Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good...

Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good...

We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think...

We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think...

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and...

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and...

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody...

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody...

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of...

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of...

When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to...

When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to...

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the...

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the...

Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move...

Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move...

I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television....

I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television....

If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality.

If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality.

When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.

When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.