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Charlton Heston
said
Political correctness is tyranny with manners.
— Speech at the Harvard Law School (1999), as quoted in "Appreciation : Charlton Heston" in Time magazine (April 6, 2008)
Charlton Heston
American actor (1923–2008)
- Fame68.4
- Momentum5.5
- United States rank#230
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- Fame68.4
- Momentum5.5
- United States rank#230
- Actors rank#250
- Wikipedia126.9K
Lived 1923–2008, aged 85United States
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Updated 2026-06-10
He parted the Red Sea, won the chariot race, and discovered what Soylent Green was really made of — then spent his final act as the NRA's most recognizable face, clutching a musket and daring anyone to take it.
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Born John Charles Carter in 1923, Heston became Hollywood's go-to man for sweeping historical scale: Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956), then the title role in Ben-Hur (1959), which won him the Oscar. Through the '60s and '70s he toggled between biblical epics like El Cid and The Greatest Story Ever Told and dystopian landmarks — Planet of the Apes, The Omega Man, Soylent Green — that have outlasted most of his sandal-and-sword work. In the '50s and early '60s he openly opposed racism and supported civil rights; by 1987 he'd left the Democrats, founded a conservative PAC, and backed Reagan.…
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Charlton Heston
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NRA members are in city hall, Fort Carson, NORAD, the Air Force Academy and the Olympic Training Center.
— NRA annual meeting opening remarks, Denver, Colorado, 1999-05-01
Charlton Heston
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Tragedy has been and will always be with us. Somewhere right now, evil people are planning evil things.
— NRA annual meeting closing remarks, Denver, Colorado, 1999-05-01; referring to the complaints that some had that the NRA should not proceed
Charlton Heston
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Telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can't be far behind.
— Speech at Harvard Law School cited to the NRA website (February 16, 1999)]
Charlton Heston
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You could say that the paparazzi and the tabloids are sort of the "assault weapons" of the First Amendment.
— Interview Fox News Channel (September 15, 1997)
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- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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