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“The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. In the long run it will create a generation incapable of appreciating the difference between independence of thought and subservience.”
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“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
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“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
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“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
― The Friends of Voltaire
― The Friends of Voltaire
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