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2014 April 25
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"It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress. In the process by which opinion is formed, it is very probable that, by the time any view becomes a majority view, it is no longer the best view: somebody will already have advanced beyond the point which the majority have reached. It is because we do not yet know which of the many competing new opinions will prove itself the best that we wait until it has gained sufficient support." |
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four.
If that is granted, all else follows." |
"The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent error and discover truth. There may be other ways of detecting error and discovering truth than that of free discussion, but so far we have not found them." |
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2014 April 24
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"In Washington, of course, evading responsibility is an art form, so it is not always easy to tell who's responsible for which mess." |
"It is doubtful if the oppressed ever fight for freedom.
They fight for pride and power -- power to oppress others.
The oppressed want above all to imitate their oppressors;
they want to retaliate." |
"The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency." |
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2014 April 23
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"Most of our faults are more pardonable
than the means we use to conceal them." |
"Tolerance comes of age.
I see no fault committed
that I myself
could not have committed
at some time or other." |
"I am the inferior of any man
whose rights I trample under foot." |
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2014 April 22
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"Everything that is really great and inspiring
is created by the individual who can labor in freedom." |
"What a free society offers to the individual
is much more than what he would be able to do
if only he were free." |
"Who would be free themselves must strike the blow." |
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2014 April 21
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"He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it,
without asking who is for it or who is against it." |
"The man who asks of freedom
anything other than itself
is born to be a slave." |
"Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own." |
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