Larry Flynt

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“After the first million, money isn't important.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“Nothing can make you more humble than pain.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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