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“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”
― Nigel Warburton, Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction

“The idea that religious beliefs but not others should receive special protection is bizarre: all types of belief should be open to scrutiny, criticism, parody, and potentially ridicule in a free society. Indeed,”
― Nigel Warburton, Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction

“Free speech does indeed cause hurt—but there is nothing wrong in this. Knowledge advances through the destruction of bad ideas. Mockery”
― Nigel Warburton, Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction

“In a civilized society freedom to offend should be protected, but”
― Nigel Warburton, Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction

“Free speech is one of the core values in a democracy and it should be championed with a vengeance.”
― Nigel Warburton, Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction

“Fascism, as Ortega y Gasset says, is always ‘A and not A’.”
― Kevin Passmore, Fascism: A Very Short Introduction

“what can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about, we must consign to silence’ (T,”
― A.C. Grayling, Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction

“How things are in the world is a matter of complete indifference to what is higher. God does not reveal himself in the world’ (T”
― A.C. Grayling, Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction

“Whereof we cannot speak, thereof we must be silent’ (T”
― A.C. Grayling, Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction

“After having overcome fascism, Nazism, and Stalinism, the world now faces a new global totalitarian threat: Islamism ... .”
― David Horowitz, Islamophobia: Thought Crime of the Totalitarian Future

“Criticism of religion is the very measure of the guarantee of free speech — the literal sacred institution of society."102”
― David Horowitz, Islamophobia: Thought Crime of the Totalitarian Future

“Islamophobia is the perfect totalitarian doctrine as it is the first step in outlawing freedom of speech — and therefore freedom itself — in the name of religious tolerance.”
― David Horowitz, Islamophobia: Thought Crime of the Totalitarian Future

“what is now in the past was once in the future’. There”
― Ramachandra Guha, India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

“Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.”
― Andrew Clapham, Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction

“I have been made to feel sad for such persons because I am conscious of the fact that mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless he has individual worth, and mere connection with what is regarded as an inferior race will not finally hold an individual back if he possesses intrinsic, individual merit.”
― Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery: The Incredible Life Story of Booker T. Washington

“If you live according to nature, you will never be poor; if you live according to opinion, you will never be rich.”
― Seneca

“Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.” – Juvenal, a poet in Ancient Rome.”
― Jeff Berwick, The Controlled Demolition of the American Empire

“Worship the Gods, procure the welfare of men, this life is short. Charitable actions, and a holy disposition, is the only fruit of this earthly life.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations