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 only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?
Murder is illegal, but if you take a picture of it you may get your name in a magazine or maybe win a Pulitzer Prize. However, sex is legal, but if you take a picture of that act, you can go to jail.
Within three or four months, the average girl will just get used up. It just takes your soul, you know? It just takes your soul.
And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.
Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
My mother always told me that no matter how much you dislike a person, when you meet them face to face you will find characteristics about them that you like. Jerry Falwell was a perfect example of that. I hated everything he stood for, but after meeting him in person, years after the trial, Jerry Falwell and I became good friends.
There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
You have to be able to tolerate what you don't necessarily like so you can be free.
No one understands that the First Amendment is only important if you are going to offend somebody. If you're not going to offend somebody, you don't need protection of the First Amendment.
If Kim Jong Un and his henchmen were upset before, wait till they see the movie we're going to make,
Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like; it protects speech you don't like.
I believe in the First Amendment (freedom of speech) very strongly ... and there's no reason to quit now, ... All the support has been extremely amazing.