"The burning of an author’s books,
imprisonment for opinion’s sake,
has always been the tribute that an ignorant age
pays to the genius of its time."
by:
Joseph Lewis
(1889-1968) American freethinker, atheist activist, publisher, litigator
Source:
Voltaire: The Incomparable Infidel, 1929
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 -- Joe, Rochester, MI      
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Nice. Sad that it actually happens.
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    I don't want to burn your books or imprison you solely on your opinion.8
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