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• To silence criticism is to silence freedom.
• I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism…
• In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself.
• Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low…
• Noam Chomsky skittles and skithers all over the political landscape to distract the reader’s attention from the plain truth.
• The difference between science and religion is that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them.
• A liberal education will impart an awareness of the amazing and precious complexity of human relationships. Since those relationships are violated more…
• Everyone recognizes a distinction between knowledge and wisdom. . . Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature,…
• The mob that hails the man on horseback, the Caesars and conquering heroes, does not retain its freedoms for long.
• Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.
• Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an epitaph of infamy, for there is no…
• The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.

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