“You simply disobey. Peaceably, yes. Respectfully, of course. Nonviolently, absolutely. But when told how to think or what to say or how to behave, we don't. We disobey the social protocol that stifle... View More“You simply disobey. Peaceably, yes. Respectfully, of course. Nonviolently, absolutely. But when told how to think or what to say or how to behave, we don't. We disobey the social protocol that stifles and stigmatizes personal freedom.
Telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can't be far behind.
Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency.
I think there are probably more closet conservatives in Hollywood than there are closet homosexuals.
There's no such thing as a good gun. There's no such thing as a bad gun. A gun in the hands of a bad man is a very dangerous thing. A gun in the hands of a good person is no danger to anyone except the bad guys.
You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.”
-- Charlton Heston (1923-2008), American film actor (The Ten Commandments; Touch of Evil; The Big Country; Ben-Hur; Planet of the Apes; Beneath the Planet of the Apes; Soylent Green), Screen Actors Guild president, WWII veteran, and civil rights and gun rights advocate.