Maajid Nawaz

Satire is, by definition, offensive. It is meant to make us feel uncomfortable. It is meant to make us scratch our heads, think, do a double-take, and then think again.

In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.

Being veterans of the struggle to push back against fundamentalist Christians, American liberals are well acquainted with the pitfalls of the neoconservative flirtation with the religious-right.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.