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“It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.”
― James Baldwin

tags: education, freedom-of-thought

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“no people can be both ignorant and free.”
― Thomas Jefferson

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“Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.”
― Lenny Bruce

tags: god, jesus, organized-religion, religion

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“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.”
― Voltaire, The Age of Louis XIV

tags: dissent, freedom-of-thought, heresy

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“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.

[Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]”
― John F. Kennedy

tags: banned-books, bill-of-rights, books, censorship, freedom-of-thought, liberty, libraries

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