#repressive

At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted. ↗

— Eric Idle

#freedom #funny #humor #humour #repressive

Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive. ↗

— Luc Ferrari

#dumb #first #i #piano #repressive

But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden to us, and only after that government refused to do that did we invade. ↗

— Barney Frank

#approach #ask #bin #brutal #did

All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#laws #must #people #protect #repressive

But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society like ours is an entertaining event. ↗

— Janet Suzman

#entertaining #event #exciting #i #i think

Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies. This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#colonial #colonialism #cruel #foreign #foreign powers

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#consumption #deeply #endless #filled #glut

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#dangerous #jail #many #repressive #societies

Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain. ↗

— Michael Douglas

#anything #eat #everything #generation #now

Repressive regimes do not endure change willingly - and Venezuela is no exception. ↗

— Leopoldo Lopez

#endure #exception #regimes #repressive #venezuela