Controversial Sayings

528 sayings found from 528 authors

I'm not a political animal. I'm more of a libertarian, a live-and-let-live kind of guy.

— Clint Eastwood 2016
Political

Politics: 'Poly' a Latin word meaning 'many'; and 'tics' meaning 'blood-sucking creatures'.

— Robin Williams 2002
Political

I think I've found the one thing in life that I'm really good at, and that's being a loudmouth.

— George Carlin 1984
General

I went to Africa and I saw the real thing. I saw the real people. I saw the real culture. And I came back and I was a changed man.

— Richard Pryor 1979
General

“I’m not a transphobe. I’m a gender-critical comedian.”

— Dave Chappelle 2021
Social & Racial

“There are no dirty words, just dirty minds.”

— Lenny Bruce 1960s
General

The Internet is not a free space. It is a controlled space. It is a surveilled space.

— Edward Snowden 2013
General

If you are going to be a true intellectual, you have to be willing to be an outcast.

— Julian Assange 2010
General

I also felt that given the political climate in the United States, that this information would not be released in any other way.

— Chelsea Manning 2013
Political

The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right.

— Alexander Hamilton 1787
General

I am not an arrogant man, but I am proud of what I have done for Uganda.

— Idi Amin 1975
General

We will burn half of Israel if they attack us.

— Saddam Hussein 1982
General

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one thing, but for the whole enchilada.

— Neil Armstrong 2005
General

It is not a question of whether we like the Jewish race or not; it is a question of whether we are to survive. We must protect our European blood.

— Charles Lindbergh 1941
Social & Racial

They eat their meat raw, and they drink blood, and they have no laws, and they worship idols.

— Marco Polo c. 1298-1299
Religious

The women of this country are very beautiful, and they are treated with more respect than the men. They are not veiled, and they have no shame.

— Ibn Battuta 1340s
General

I'm not a role model. I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.

— Dennis Rodman 1996
General

Every Turkmen must be able to read the Ruhnama at least three times. Those who read it three times will go straight to heaven.

— Turkmenistan's Saparmurat Niyazov 2003
Religious

Having assumed the Imperial Crown of these United States, I do hereby order and direct the disbandment of Congress.

— Emperor Norton 1860
Political

Remember that I have the right to do anything to anybody.

— Caligula c. 39-41 AD
General
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