# Quote — Jim C. Hines, Unbound

> We all know Pastor Tom Briggs is a walking skidmark in a bad suit, and his congregation is a stain on Christians everywhere….
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> Freedom of speech is easy when it’s speech we approve of. The true test of freedom is what we do when people like Briggs and his ilk mount their soapboxes and and show their asses to the world.
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> Fortunately, freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from mockery and other consequences.

- Author: [Jim C. Hines](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines.md)
- Book: [Unbound](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/unbound.md)
- Page: 294
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jim_C._Hines#Unbound_(2015)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/unbound/we-all-know

## More from this book

> Those forced to make impossible choices are rarely loved. If it’s approval and reputation you care about, then you have no place here.

p. 284 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/unbound/those-forced-to-make.md)

> “Do you, um, happen to have a copy of that Wells novel here?”
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> “Priorities,” Lena whispered.
>
> Right. The end of the world took precedence over an unpublished H. G. Wells. Barely.

p. 142 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/unbound/do-you-um-happen.md)

> In short, Fahrenheit 451 was never meant to be an instruction manual.

p. 355 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/unbound/in-short-fahrenheit.md)