Top 45 Quotes & Sayings by Larry Flynt

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American publisher Larry Flynt.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. was an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP). LFP mainly produces pornographic magazines, such as Hustler, pornographic videos, and three pornographic television channels named Hustler TV. Flynt fought several high-profile legal battles involving the First Amendment, and unsuccessfully ran for public office. He was paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries sustained in a 1978 assassination attempt by serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin. In 2003, Arena magazine listed him at No. 1 on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list.

American - Publisher | November 1, 1942 - February 10, 2021

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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.

Larry Flynt

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

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

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

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

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

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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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After the first million, money isn't important.

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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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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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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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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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Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation.

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

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

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

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

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You know, a huge drain on California's economy is the illegal immigrants. We need to close the borders.

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Along with a strong belief in your own inner voice, you also need laser-like focus combined with unwavering determination.

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My mother always told me that no matter how much you dislike a person, when you meet them face to face you will find characteristics about them that you like. Jerry Falwell was a perfect example of that. I hated everything he stood for, but after meeting him in person, years after the trial, Jerry Falwell and I became good friends.

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There's nothing more political than sex. The church has had its hand on our crotch for more than 2,000 years, and the government is moving in that direction.

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Just because I publish pornography does not mean that I am not concerned about the social ills that all of us are

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If the human body's obscene, complain to the manufacturer, not me.

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My position has always been that there's two types of people opposed to pornography: those who don't know what they're talking about, and those who don't know what they're missing.

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Murder is illegal, but if you take a picture of it you may get your name in a magazine or maybe win a Pulitzer Prize. However, sex is legal, but if you take a picture of that act, you can go to jail.

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The sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing among its citizens should not be in the business of killing people itself.

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No one understands that the First Amendment is only important if you are going to offend somebody. If you're not going to offend somebody, you don't need protection of the First Amendment.

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I've always felt that feminism was just an excuse for ugly women to march.

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Once I began following my own instincts, sales took off and I became a millionaire. And that, I think, is a key secret to every person's success, be they male or female, banker or p0rnographer:Trust in your gut.

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Those who would give up their civil liberties for security deserve neither.

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Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like; it protects speech you don't like.

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