Larry Flynt
Larry Flynt
Larry Claxton Flynt, Jr.is an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications. LFP mainly produces sexually graphic videos and magazines, most notably Hustler. Flynt has fought several prominent legal battles involving the First Amendment, and has unsuccessfully run for public office. He is paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries sustained in a 1978 murder attempt by Joseph Paul Franklin. In 2003, Arena magazine listed him at No. 1 on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth1 November 1942
CityMagoffin County, KY
CountryUnited States of America
The sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing among its citizens should not be in the business of killing people itself.
I used to buy into a former Supreme Court justice's argument that you can't scream fire in a crowded theater. Well, I think you can.
I may be paralyzed from the waist down, but unlike Gray Davis, I'm not paralyzed from the neck up.
Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers.
Along with a strong belief in your own inner voice, you also need laser-like focus combined with unwavering determination.
You know, everybody believes in free speech until you start questioning them about it.
Women are here to serve men. Look at them, they got to squat to piss. Hell, that proves it.
If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment.
My position has always been that there's two types of people opposed to pornography: those who don't know what they're talking about, and those who don't know what they're missing.
Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted.
Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
The right-wing of the Republican party isn't so much a political agenda as a plea for help.
Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.