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Quote by Salman Rushdie
What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy. – Salman Rushdie

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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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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas – uncertainty, progress, change – into crimes. – Salman Rushdie

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Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world. – Lawrence G. Lovasik

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The man whose authority is recent is always stern. – Aeschylus

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Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture. – Muhammad Iqbal

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