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In a climate of fear, people worry about repression and so do not dare voice their opinions freely. Hate speech and shitstorms also create fear and thus hinder the free expression of opinions. We even fear thinking. We seem to have lost the
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“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
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“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
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“Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.”
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“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
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