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“If the first words out of your mouth are to cry ‘political correctness!’, … chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.”
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“Truthfully, wicked people reveal themselves in words first, to inhibit speech would inhibit us seeing the wicked before they act.”
― Religion: The Ultimate STD: Living a Spiritual Life without Dogmatics or Cultural Destruction
― Religion: The Ultimate STD: Living a Spiritual Life without Dogmatics or Cultural Destruction
“Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children are interested in reading this book, therefore there must be something in it that’s wrong.”
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“Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.”
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“A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists.
Don’t let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.”
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
Don’t let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.”
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
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