Ignazio Silone Quote

"Liberty is the possibility of doubting,
the possibility of making a mistake,
the possibility of searching and experimenting,
the possibility of saying "No" to any authority --
literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political."

by:	Ignazio Silone (1900-1978) [Secondino Tranquilli] Italian politician, writer
Source:	The God That Failed, 1950
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Categories:	Agnostic, Art, Authority, Dissent, Education, Experimentation, Free Thought, Freedom, Individualism, Liberty, Politics, Religion, Resistance, Skepticism
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-- jim k, Austin, Tx
Oh yeah!  -- cal, lewisville, tx      3
The possibility of doing your own thinking?  -- J Carlton, Calgary      2
almost accurate; a very good start, just missed by thaaaat much.  -- Mike, Norwalk      3
On this we can agree. That's a good sign.  -- dick, fort worth      3
That's an integral part, for sure, but it is not the only thing that Liberty is.  -- E Archer, NYC      3
Sounds a little like "openmindedness" to be. The Republic crowd seems to think every thing was absolutely perfect at the founding at that the founders were some kind of mistake proof gods.  -- Waffler, Smith      1 3
Not mistake proof Waffler. Simply men who had just fought to vanquish tyranny and establish a nation where individual rights reigned supreme. Moral men who enshrined liberty as the most basic of tenets. But...you wouldn't understand...  -- J Carlton, Calgary      3
We must be particularly vigilant when those who would be our leaders masquerade as mistake-proof and error-free; when they only seek to subvert and defile the very foundations that originally gave us freedom.  -- L. Hanson, Edmonton, Canada      1
Waffler, WHAT ? ? ? again your ad hominem is off topic and without merit. There are several here you would call "the Republic crowd" and, not an ill word was said. If "the Republic crowd" thought that everything was absolutely perfect at the founding they would not have agreed with the questioning of every thing and every one.  -- Mike, Norwalk      4
You must read what they wrote while trying to define, and draw up the founding papers. Look at the provisions for change. They knew that they were not perfect, but they did their best,  -- Jim M.      3
-- Tommy D, Cut and Shoot, Texas
In its most sublime exemplification, Liberty is constituted of, and defined by, the unconstrained by ideology or prejudice right of the Sovereign Individual to do the right thing, in the right way, at the right time and for the right reason, according to the dictates of his or her illumined by right reason conscience.  -- Patrick Henry, Red Hill      3
"The God that failed."? God cannot fail. Humans fail.  -- Robert, Chula Vista      1
You mean like "the science is settled" climate crisis crowd? Or the origin of the Covid pandemic epicenter was a Wuhan market?  Or the Deep State coup d'etat?  "Mistake-proof" propaganda and censorship is still widespread, all propped up by a complicit media and the politicians that benefit from it.  We were never supposed to 'trust' the government — that's why we have multiple checks and balances and a Constitution that did not grant unlimited and unchecked power but strictly enumerated powers, all else being reserved by the People.  -- E Archer, NYC      1
Yeah, so... we are doomed. 😎  -- E Archer, NYC      1

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