controversy quotes

You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned? Wait till I whup George Foreman’s behind.

There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.

Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

I think, in many people’s minds, the Confederate battle flag is not only a memorial to our ancestors, which is perfectly OK, but also a symbol of white superiority and an inclination for people to believe that even slavery would’ve been OK.

Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn’t controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.

They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won’t get played Huh?

I’m afraid the SS’s relationship with the Catholic Church is something the Church still has to deal with and does not deny.

I’ve said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

There’s backlash about everything I do.

My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.

WWE asked me to be in the Hall of Fame, and I turned it down. You know why? They put Pete Rose in the wrestling Hall of Fame. This guy can’t even get into his own Hall of Fame.

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first, rock ‚n‘ roll or Christianity.

I have never entered into any controversy in defense of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them; if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected. Disputes are apt to sour one’s temper and disturb one’s quiet.