Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I believe the regressive Left - the group of people who use illiberal tactics to silence those defending liberal principles - to be the Left's version of the Tea Party. "
Dave Rubin
Group
People
Believe
Related Quotes:
" I'm a married gay man, so you might think that I appreciate the government forcing a Christian baker or photographer or florist to act against their religion in order to cater, photograph, or decorate my wedding. But you'd be wrong. A government that can force Christians to violate their conscience can force me to violate mine. "
Dave Rubin
Government
Me
Religion
" I'm not even proud to say this, but I've never voted for a Republican in my entire life. "
Dave Rubin
Life
Say
Republican
" I don't like Mitt Romney. I wouldn't vote for Mitt Romney in a million years. Mitt Romney is no ally of the gay community. "
Dave Rubin
Years
Community
Gay
" I don't do anything in my life as far as I know, or at least consciously, that's based in religion. "
Dave Rubin
Religion
Know
Life
" People who are for diversity of thought, actually, are okay with hearing some opinions that they don't like. I quite literally see none of that on the Left. "
Dave Rubin
People
Thought
Diversity
" It really is this: you are either for liberty, you're for freedom, and you're for living how you want to live without infringing and impugning on anyone else's rights, or you want the state to deal with everything. "
Dave Rubin
Freedom
Liberty
You
" Those who only tolerate people they agree with or like aren't actually tolerant. "
Dave Rubin
Who
Like
Agree
" The one and only thing that every comic agrees on is that you do not steal jokes. "
Dave Rubin
You
Every
Only
" We voted for Obama on rhetoric of 'hope and change.' We voted for him because of some idea that he was beyond politics and certainly beyond partisanship. "
Dave Rubin
Rhetoric
Politics
Hope
" If you took one of these One Direction kids, because they basically are kids, my guess is one of them is gay. "
Dave Rubin
Because
You
Took
" I think virtually everyone wants to do good and be good and be decent to each other and pursue something that is valuable to them and meaningful. "
Dave Rubin
Everyone
Good
Meaningful
" It's not about whether we should have a conservative or a liberal. It's about, do we have someone that has the mental acumen to understand what the laws are, and not write laws but defend the laws. That's the whole purpose of three branches of government. "
Dave Rubin
Understand
Purpose
Three
" One criticism that I hear occassionally is that I am actually not a real liberal, and I am secretly a conservative. Or sometimes they will say I am the only thing worse than a conservative - a dreaded 'right-winger.' "
Dave Rubin
Sometimes
Say
Real
" What we need more than anything else is an informed populace. I believe people want to be informed. "
Dave Rubin
I Believe
Want
People
" As a comedian, frankly, I don't care that much about bad jokes. "
Dave Rubin
Bad
Much
Comedian
" The terms 'progressive' and 'liberal' have virtually nothing to do with each other anymore. And if you are a classical liberal, you certainly aren't a leftist. "
Dave Rubin
Liberal
You
Progressive
" The regressive Left ranks minority groups in a pecking order to compete in a kind of 'Oppression Olympics.' Gold medal goes to the most offended. "
Dave Rubin
Offended
Oppression
Kind
" Instead of silencing speakers on campus, perhaps do what you're supposed to in college instead: listen to someone who thinks differently than you do. "
Dave Rubin
Listen
Someone
College
" I'm a classical liberal. A free thinker. "
Dave Rubin
Liberal
Classical
Free
" You are born free. I was born free. The government can take your freedom away, but it did not give you your freedom. It was your human right. The key part of that is you are free first. "
Dave Rubin
Freedom
You
Key
" I would rather stand for what I believe in than bow down and be loved. "
Dave Rubin
Believe
Stand
Loved
" I'm not a huge parade guy myself. "
Dave Rubin
Parade
Myself
Huge
" People are going to say mean things to you. They're going to say things that upset you. They're going to lie to you. They're going to lie about you. You'll survive. "
Dave Rubin
People
Say
Survive
" I spent too many years of my life stressing over and struggling with my sexuality. But it was a valuable lesson. I realised that by not sharing how you feel, you become inhibited in every facet of life. "
Dave Rubin
Life
Become
Feel
" Whatever differences we have, tolerating others' opinions is a prerequisite to a functioning and free society. "
Dave Rubin
Free
Society
Opinions
" I firmly believe in individual liberty more than anything else. And that you have to live the life you want for yourself. "
Dave Rubin
Live
Believe
Yourself
" Prohibiting any words not approved of as 'politically correct' - that's not progressive. Putting 'trigger warnings' on books, movies, music, anything that might offend people - that's not progressive, either. "
Dave Rubin
Movies
Words
People
" Just by existing as men, we are automatically guilty of everything in some people's minds. And, on top of that, we've created a situation in the media where men are only allowed to talk about politics and sport. "
Dave Rubin
Media
Men
People
" I'm so in favor of gay marriage that I even married a guy. "
Dave Rubin
Gay Marriage
Marriage
Favor
" I think we're innately good. But it doesn't mean we're gonna do good all the time. It means you have to strive. "
Dave Rubin
Good
You
Time