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Quote by Salman Rushdie
The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have

The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you. – Salman Rushdie

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In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss. – Salman Rushdie

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A poets work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep. – Salman Rushdie

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Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings. – Salman Rushdie

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