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#freedomofthought — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. 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, DC

    More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/831…

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  2. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Government by the people means that the people have the right to do their own thinking and to do their own speaking about their public servants. They must speak truthfully and they must not be disloyal to the country, and it is their highest duty by truthful criticism to make and keep the public servants loyal to the country.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
    Essay (1918-04-06), “Citizens or Subjects?” Kansas City Star

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

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  3. A quotation from Charles Mackay

    Keep, Galileo, to thy thought,
       And nerve thy soul to bear;
    They may gloat o’er the senseless words they wring
       From the pangs of thy despair:
    They may veil their eyes, but they cannot hide
       The sun’s meridian glow;
    The heel of a priest may tread thee down,
       And a tyrant work thee woe;
    But never a truth has been destroyed:
       They may curse it, and call it crime;
    Pervert and betray, or slander and slay
       Its teachers for a time.
    But the sunshine aye shall light the sky,
       As round and round we run;
    And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
       And justice shall be done.

    Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
    Poem (1847), “Eternal Justice,” st. 4

    More info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/79828…

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