"Two things form the bedrock of any open society—freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country."
— Salman Rushdie

January 1, 1970

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Added on April 10, 2026
Unverified quote
0 likes
Novelists from IndiaEssayists from IndiaPeople from MumbaiPlaywrights from IndiaMemoirists
Original Language: English

Sources

The Times of India, ‘Don’t allow religious hooligans to dictate terms’ (16 January 2008)