Quote by John Milton
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely accordi

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. – John Milton

Other quotes by John Milton

For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone. – John Milton

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Hypocrisy
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Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, both when we sleep and when we awake. – John Milton

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Angels
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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place. – John Milton

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Other Quotes from
Speech (freedom of)
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Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. – John Andrew Holmes

A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything. – Napoleon Bonaparte

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp, disgraced by Gobbles and debased by advertising copy, remains a force for freedom that flies out between all bars. – Nadine Gordimer

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection. – Colin Powell

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The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. – Walter Benjamin

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Art

Even if there is nothing to laugh about, laugh on credit. – Author Unknown

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Laughter

The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need in a plant for the light, or the need in man himself for going upright. The love of liberty is simply the instinct in man for expansion. – Matthew Arnold

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Growth

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me. – Rosanna Arquette

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sad