Quote by Søren Kierkegaard
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. – Søren Kierkegaard

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The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have. – John Locke, 16 May 1699

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Thinking in its lower grades is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms it is a kind of poetry. – Havelock Ellis, The Dance of Life, 1923

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