Quote by Heinrich Heine
Whenever books are burned men also in the end are burned. - Heinri

Whenever books are burned men also in the end are burned. – Heinrich Heine

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The foolish race of mankind are swarming below in the night; they shriek and rage and quarrel — and all of them are right. – Heinrich Heine

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Fight, Fighting
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We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. – John F. Kennedy

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If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. – John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859

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I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it. – Mae West

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Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. – Voltaire

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My personal view is that such total planning by the state is an absolute good and not simply a relative good… I do not myself think of the attitude I take as deriving from Marx – though this undoubtedly will be suggested – but from Fichte and Hegel. – John Grierson

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