ORLANDO, Fla. — Dennis Prager firmly believes the single most important freedom is free speech — and the willingness of Americans to suppress this fundamental right for various agendas is the “saddest development” of his life.
“The most important freedom, in my opinion, and not everyone will agree, is free speech,” the 75-year-old talk show host and author told The Christian Post during an interview at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention.
“If I don’t have free speech, I’m an animal. I adore religious freedom, but religious freedom without free speech, what does it mean? In the Soviet Union, you can go to church, but you have no freedom to espouse what you believe. Free speech is the number one freedom, and any suppression of it is a guaranteed road to tyranny. Most people don’t give a damn about that.”
“The willingness of half of the American people to suppress speech, in the name of health, in the name of the environment, in the name of some progressive other cause, is the saddest development of my long life,” he added. “I had more faith in the American people five years ago than I do today. Without free speech, it is not possible to arrive at the truth. And the root of all evil is lies. If truth is the antidote, then the truth will set you free.”
It’s this passion for exposing the truth that motivates Prager to speak out — often controversially — about hot-button issues in an age characterized by rapid change and polarizing ideologies.
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John Keefe