“It wasn't that Lenny Bruce was colorful, it wasn't that Lenny Bruce was using four-letter words, it was that Lenny Bruce was [angering] people in power. He was saying things about race, about religion, about politicians that offended people. It is precisely that which the First Amendment is designed to protect.”
“It's important to know that the governor pardoned Lenny on the basis of the law as it was in 1964. He's saying that Lenny Bruce had it right and the state of New York had it wrong.”
“Only in this state [New York] was Lenny Bruce convicted and sentenced. It was the only time in the history of this state that a comedian has been prosecuted for words and words alone.”
