“You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been.”
Jerry B. Jenkins (1949) novelist, biographer
The Sean Hannity Show
Radio
2011-04-27 quoted in * Rand Paul, Supposed Defender Of Civil Liberties, Calls For Jailing People Who Attend ‘Radical Political Speeches’
Alex
Seitz-Wald
2011-05-31
ThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/05/31/232182/rand-paul-criminalize-speech/
2011-06-02
2010s
“You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been.”
Jerry B. Jenkins (1949) novelist, biographer
“Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.”
Paul Theroux (1941) American travel writer and novelist
Nicolas Sarkozy (1955) 23rd President of the French Republic
Interview with Charlie Rose, televised 31 January 2007
Jon Voight (1938) American actor
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky congratulating Voight on his June 2009 speech at a Republican fundraiser. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aFfk5skijH5s
“Americans' right to free speech should not be proportionate to their bank accounts.”
Bernie Sanders (1941) American politician, senator for Vermont
2014-09-07
Tom Udall and Bernie Sanders
The Threat to American Democracy
Politico
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/09/the-threat-to-american-democracy-110683
2010s
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
Source: 2015, Address to the People of India (January 2015)
Karl Pilkington (1972) English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer
I'm 32 - Well you look 78!
Podcast Series 3 Episode 4
On Ageing
Jay Leiderman (1971) lawyer
From an op-Ed in the Guardian newspaper by Jay Leiderman 22 January 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/22/paypal-wikileaks-protesters-ddos-free-speech
Variant: Our best and brightest should be encouraged to find new methods of expression; direct action in protest must not stifled. The dawning of the digital age should be seen as an opportunity to expand our knowledge, and to collectively enhance our communication. Government should have the greatest interest in promoting speech – especially unpopular speech. The government should never be used to suppress new and creative – not to mention, effective – methods of speech and expression