♦ nivek ♦ Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 "Freedom of expression is the well-spring of our civilization...The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway as official truth by beliefs which in turn have yielded to other truths. Therefore the liberty of man to search for truth ought not to be fettered, no matter what orthodoxies he may challenge." -- Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) U.S. Supreme Court Justice Source: Concurring Opinion, Dennis et al. v. U.S. (1951) http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/F...rter.Quote.3FFC "The life of a thinking man will probably be divided into two parts -- the first in which he desires to exterminate modern thinkers, and the second in which he desires to watch them exterminating each other. ... Suppose, for instance, there is an old story and a new skeptic who is skeptical of the story. We have only to wait a little while for a yet newer skeptic who is skeptical of the skeptic. He will probably find the old notion actually a help in his new notion. This process is an abstract truth applying to anything, apart from agreement or disagreement." -- Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) British essayist, critic, poet, and novelist Source: Illustrated London News http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/G...rton.Quote.9D59 "He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it." -- Henry George (1839-1897) Source: The Land Question, 1881 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/H...orge.Quote.401D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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