"If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech even if the law forbids it. But if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them."
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George Orwell
[Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author
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Evidenced by the 'sluggishness' of Americans today.
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