#freedomofthought — Public Fediverse posts
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I was afraid of a united Church; it makes a mighty power, the mightiest conceivable, and then when it by and by gets into selfish hands, as it is always bound to do, it means death to human liberty and paralysis to human thought.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 10 “Beginnings of Civilization”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85458/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #connecticutyankee #church #churchandstate #corruption #freedomofthought #humannature #liberty #oppression #organizedreligion #religion #religiousintolerance #tyranny
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📕 Freedom of Thought (FoT), intellectual privacy, these are human rights that too often are not protected to the full extent.
We can not live in a truly free society in their absence.#privacy #privacymatters #mentalprivacy #physicalprivacy #neurorights #freedomofthought #intellectualprivacy
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A quotation from Kurt Vonnegut
And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) American novelist, journalist
Essay (2004-08-06), “I Love You, Madame Librarian,” In These Times Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 20 (2004-08-30)More about this quote: wist.info/vonnegut-kurt-jr/840…
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A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle
I am very wary of those individuals who are neither writers nor editors nor even, in some cases, readers, who feel that they have the right to apply their own moral criteria to the books in public and school libraries. I have enormous respect and admiration and love for the librarians who are rising up to protest this, because they are putting their very jobs on the line.
Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DCMore about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/831…
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
In our country we must trust the people to hear and see both the good and the bad and to choose the good. The Un-American Activities Committee seems to me to be better for a police state than for the USA.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1947-10-29), “My Day”More info about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/80…
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Imprisoned journalists from Belarus and Georgia win the EU's Sakharov Prize for 2025.
The European Parliament awarded the European Union's top human rights honour, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus and Mzia Amaglobeli from Georgia, EP President Roberta Metsola announced on Wednesday.
#SakharovPrize #AndrzejPoczobut #MziaAmaglobeli #EuropeanParliament #FreedomOfThought #Journalism #Media #Reporting #HumanRights #Belarus #Georgia