Tim Robbins (Timothy Francis Robbins) Quotes

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.

Tim Robbins

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• We now have a situation where a type of reverse racism is applied to mainstream Australians by those who promote political correctness and those who control the various taxpayer funded 'industries' that flourish in our society servicing Aboriginals, multiculturalists and a host of other minority groups.

  

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• I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.

  

  Tim Robbins
  • Society
  • Enemy
  • Danger