Joe Randazzo Quotes

• Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the court jester, the one soul allowed to tell the truth through laughter.

  Joe Randazzo

  Laughter, Soul, Needs

  "Former 'Onion' editor: Freedom of speech cannot be killed" by Joe Randazzo, www.msnbc.com. January 7, 2015.

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• Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the court jester, the one soul allowed to tell the truth through laughter. It is, in many ways, the most powerful form of free speech because it is aimed at those in power, or those whose ideas would spread hate. It is the canary in the coalmine, a cultural thermometer, and it always has to push, push, push the boundaries of society to see how much it’s grown.

  Joe Randazzo

  Powerful, Laughter, Hate

  "Former 'Onion' editor: Freedom of speech cannot be killed" by Joe Randazzo, www.msnbc.com. January 7, 2015.

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• You cannot kill an idea by murdering innocent people — though you can nudge it toward suicide.

  Joe Randazzo

  Suicide, Ideas, People

  "Media condemn Charlie Hebdo attack as assault on freedom of expression" by Anne Penketh, Tania Branigan, www.theguardian.com. January 8, 2015.

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