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2007 November 16
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"Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind." |
"Reserve your right to think,
for even to think wrongly
is better than not to think at all." |
"Of all the tyrannies on human kind
the worst is that which persecutes the mind." |
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2007 November 15
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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." |
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." |
"Truth has always been found to promote the best interests of mankind." |
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2007 November 14
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"Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas but also dubious ideas." |
"The truth that makes men free is for the most part
the truth which men prefer not to hear." |
"The key to wisdom is this --
constant and frequent questioning ...
for by doubting we are led to question and
by questioning we arrive at the truth." |
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2007 November 13
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"If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst." |
"The people must fight for their laws as for their walls." |
"The only fence against the world
is a thorough knowledge of it." |
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2007 November 12
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"Whoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing Freedom of Speech... Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech..." |
"When even one American -- who has done nothing wrong --
is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth,
then all Americans are in peril." |
"When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty obtained that wise men look for." |
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