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“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
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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
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
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“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
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“You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world.”
― Fight Club
― Fight Club
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