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It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom it

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom. – Quentin Crisp

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Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps. – Quentin Crisp

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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you dont believe? – Quentin Crisp

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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. – Frederick Douglass, speech, Civil Rights Mass Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1883

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