Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-3] of 3 Salman Rushdie quotesSalman Rushdie QuotesSalman Rushdie The worst, most insidious effect of censorship is that, in the end, it can deaden the imagination of the people. Where there is no debate, it is hard to go on remembering, every day, that there is a suppressed side to every argument.~ Salman Rushdie Freedom of speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.~ Salman Rushdie Free societies…are societies in motion, and with motion comes tension, dissent, friction. Free people strike sparks, and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom’s existence.~ Salman Rushdie Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print