“Reason leavened with a little wit (if possible) is the real alternative to hate speech, meaning that there's no better time for it.”
“luxury means little when there's no real freedom in the world”
“There's no meanness too spiteful or too cruel, Didier once said to me, when we hate someone for all the wrong reasons.”
“A little leavening of dissatisfied temper will spread through a group and change outlooks.”
“The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hearmuch; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of ourfriends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as muchas possibly we can; to hearken.”
“There is a fine line between free speech and hate speech. Free speech encourages debate whereas hate speech incites violence.”