“The paradox of the culture wars is that they have made celebrities out of some artists who would otherwise vanish. Censorship has become a growth industry. This may be the best argument, in the end, for unfettered freedom of expression.” MayMadeWarEndsArtistCultureGrowthFreedomExpressionIndustryArgumentBeing The BestParadoxCensorshipFreedom Of Expression Author:Michael Kimmelman
“Any restrictions to freedom of expression will always open the door to possible others, because analogical reasoning can mount arguments showing why this or that class of objects is closely similar to those for which exceptions have been made.” Has BeensMadeClassDoorsObjectsExpressionArgumentReasoningExceptionRestrictionFreedom Of Expression Book:Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion Source: Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion
“Passionate expression and vehement assertion are no arguments, unless it be of the weakness of the cause that is defended by them, or of the man that defends it.” MenCausesHe ManExpressionWeaknessArgumentPassionateAssertionVehement Author:William Chillingworth
“After Pope, in the beginning of Romanticism, people developed the idea that imagination rather than reason was a special form of knowledge and its best expression is through poetry. Therefore, poetry should not try to do the stuff that mere prose does: convey information or make arguments about ideas.” PeopleShouldTryingDoeIdeasReasonFormStuffImaginationSpecialInformationExpressionArgumentMereProsePopeRomanticism Author:Robert Hass
“I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.” UseDoorsExpressionConversationArgumentMarkProfoundItalianPunctuationPunctuation MarksItalian FamilySlamming Doors Author:Mario Batali