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Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: All my life I have been a nomad.

All my life I have been a nomad.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step forward.

When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step forward.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: Reality is not easy, but all this make-believe doesn't make it easier.

Reality is not easy, but all this make-believe doesn't make it easier.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets.

The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.

It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: Liberal capitalism is not perfect, but compared to the other 'isms,' it's far superior.

Liberal capitalism is not perfect, but compared to the other 'isms,' it's far superior.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim.

I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: No one in the American Enterprise imposes their beliefs. We clash, and I think that's what the West is all about.

No one in the American Enterprise imposes their beliefs. We clash, and I think that's what the West is all about.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: ...the right to think, to speak, and to write in freedom and without fear is ultimately a more sacred thing than any religion.

...the right to think, to speak, and to write in freedom and without fear is ultimately a more sacred thing than any religion.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I am grateful to my father for sending me to school, and that we moved from Somalia to Kenya, where I learned English.

I am grateful to my father for sending me to school, and that we moved from Somalia to Kenya, where I learned English.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.

I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: You could see her face, because she was Somali. Saudi women had no faces.

You could see her face, because she was Somali. Saudi women had no faces.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I have had to pay a price for leaving Islam and for speaking out. I have to pay for round-the-clock security because of the death threats against me.

I have had to pay a price for leaving Islam and for speaking out. I have to pay for round-the-clock security because of the death threats against me.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: My conscience is informed by reason. It's like Kant's categorical imperative: behave to others as you would wish they behaved to you.

My conscience is informed by reason. It's like Kant's categorical imperative: behave to others as you would wish they behaved to you.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: A virgin's silence is the proper answer to a marriage proposal; it signifies a dignified consent.

A virgin's silence is the proper answer to a marriage proposal; it signifies a dignified consent.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: But without doubts, without a standpoint reached through questionings, human beings can't acquire knowledge.

But without doubts, without a standpoint reached through questionings, human beings can't acquire knowledge.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: All scriptures contain contradictions and the Qur'an is no exception.

All scriptures contain contradictions and the Qur'an is no exception.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.

Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: American liberals today are hesitant to speak out against the denial of rights that is perpetrated in the name of Islam.

American liberals today are hesitant to speak out against the denial of rights that is perpetrated in the name of Islam.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: Let me make my point in the simplest possible terms: Islam is not a religion of peace.

Let me make my point in the simplest possible terms: Islam is not a religion of peace.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.

Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: There's peacetime and there's wartime, and you don't need polarization on wartime issues. You need polarization on all other issues.

There's peacetime and there's wartime, and you don't need polarization on wartime issues. You need polarization on all other issues.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: There are some mosques with facilities for women; it's usually a back room with a back-door entrance.

There are some mosques with facilities for women; it's usually a back room with a back-door entrance.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: In 1985 as a teenager in Kenya, I was an adamant member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

In 1985 as a teenager in Kenya, I was an adamant member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: In no other modern religion is dissent still a crime, punishable by death.

In no other modern religion is dissent still a crime, punishable by death.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.

However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I don't have much in me left for Somalia, because the country is so broken, it's not realistic to daydream about it.

I don't have much in me left for Somalia, because the country is so broken, it's not realistic to daydream about it.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: Bear true witness, even if it be against yourselves, your parents or your family.

Bear true witness, even if it be against yourselves, your parents or your family.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: People in the West... have learned not to examine the religions or cultures of minorities too critically for fear of being called racist.

People in the West... have learned not to examine the religions or cultures of minorities too critically for fear of being called racist.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I love life more than I love death.

I love life more than I love death.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: The idea that if people are just friendly and demonstrate they want peace, that will be answered with good will - that is really naive.

The idea that if people are just friendly and demonstrate they want peace, that will be answered with good will - that is really naive.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: The "kufar," or unbelievers. She had begun her journey to

The "kufar," or unbelievers. She had begun her journey to

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: My friend, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, was murdered in 2004 for having been insufficiently reverent toward Islam.

My friend, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, was murdered in 2004 for having been insufficiently reverent toward Islam.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: You must learn what to fear and what not to fear.

You must learn what to fear and what not to fear.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: We must reclaim and retake feminism from our fellow idiotic women.

We must reclaim and retake feminism from our fellow idiotic women.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I was a Muslim once, remember, and it was when I was most devout that I was most full of hate.

I was a Muslim once, remember, and it was when I was most devout that I was most full of hate.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I do not believe in God, angels and the hereafter.

I do not believe in God, angels and the hereafter.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: The key imperatives of modernity: freedom of conscience, tolerance of difference, equality of the sexes, and an investment in life before death.

The key imperatives of modernity: freedom of conscience, tolerance of difference, equality of the sexes, and an investment in life before death.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I was learning that in these extremely civilized circles, conflict is dealt with in a very ornate and hypocritical manner.

I was learning that in these extremely civilized circles, conflict is dealt with in a very ornate and hypocritical manner.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: Unlike the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth, the umma, or Muslim community, has no symbolic leader, let alone a formal one.

Unlike the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth, the umma, or Muslim community, has no symbolic leader, let alone a formal one.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.

Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it.

They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: In 2010, I suggested that if you are a good Muslim with a good conscience, go and look for a better God, and I think that was juvenile of me.

In 2010, I suggested that if you are a good Muslim with a good conscience, go and look for a better God, and I think that was juvenile of me.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: Islam is not a race ... Islam is simply a set of beliefs, and it is not 'Islamophobic' to say Islam is incompatible with liberal democracy.

Islam is not a race ... Islam is simply a set of beliefs, and it is not 'Islamophobic' to say Islam is incompatible with liberal democracy.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: The rule of clerics is totalitarian. It means people can't choose. Humanity is varied, and we should celebrate that instead of suppressing it.

The rule of clerics is totalitarian. It means people can't choose. Humanity is varied, and we should celebrate that instead of suppressing it.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: If you are a Muslim girl, you disappear, until there is almost no you inside you.

If you are a Muslim girl, you disappear, until there is almost no you inside you.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I would rather clean than beg.

I would rather clean than beg.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I call myself a liberal - a classical liberal as in John Stuart Mill.

I call myself a liberal - a classical liberal as in John Stuart Mill.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: Every time I went on TV I got a threat.

Every time I went on TV I got a threat.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: When your life is threatened, whether it's by human beings or by disease or whatever, you come to appreciate life.

When your life is threatened, whether it's by human beings or by disease or whatever, you come to appreciate life.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend.

Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: Islamic scholars developed a doctrine known as "abrogation" (an-Nasikh wa'l Mansukh), whereby Allah issues new revelations that supersede old ones.

Islamic scholars developed a doctrine known as "abrogation" (an-Nasikh wa'l Mansukh), whereby Allah issues new revelations that supersede old ones.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I want people to emphasize life before death as opposed to life after death.

I want people to emphasize life before death as opposed to life after death.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: It even contains rules on what types of blows are permissible when a husband beats his wife.

It even contains rules on what types of blows are permissible when a husband beats his wife.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well.

If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from.

I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: The West is duly terrified. But it should not be surprised ...

The West is duly terrified. But it should not be surprised ...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes: I think of Canada, first and foremost, in terms of space. The amount of space available is breathtaking.

I think of Canada, first and foremost, in terms of space. The amount of space available is breathtaking.