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A quotation from Henry Commager

The concept of loyalty as conformity is a false one. It is narrow and restrictive, denies freedom of thought and of conscience, and is irremediably stained by private and selfish considerations.

Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

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A quotation from Henry Commager

The concept of loyalty as conformity is a false one. It is narrow and restrictive, denies freedom of thought and of conscience, and is irremediably stained by private and selfish considerations.

Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

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A quotation from Henry Commager

The concept of loyalty as conformity is a false one. It is narrow and restrictive, denies freedom of thought and of conscience, and is irremediably stained by private and selfish considerations.

Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

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A quotation from Henry Commager

The concept of loyalty as conformity is a false one. It is narrow and restrictive, denies freedom of thought and of conscience, and is irremediably stained by private and selfish considerations.

Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

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A quotation from Henry Commager

The concept of loyalty as conformity is a false one. It is narrow and restrictive, denies freedom of thought and of conscience, and is irremediably stained by private and selfish considerations.

Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

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A quotation from Mark Twain

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”

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A quotation from Mark Twain

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”

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A quotation from Mark Twain

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”

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A quotation from Mark Twain

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”

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A quotation from Mark Twain

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”

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Psychology

An extract from It's Personal. The Hawthorne Effect, the Chinese social credit system, and why observing everyone does not protect the children it claims to protect.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/the-psychology-of-surveillance

#surveillance #chatcontrol #csam #psychology #HumanRights #FreedomOfThought #china #privacy #psychographics #identity

Psychology

An extract from It's Personal. The Hawthorne Effect, the Chinese social credit system, and why observing everyone does not protect the children it claims to protect.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/the-psychology-of-surveillance

#surveillance #chatcontrol #csam #psychology #HumanRights #FreedomOfThought #china #privacy #psychographics #identity

Psychology

An extract from It's Personal. The Hawthorne Effect, the Chinese social credit system, and why observing everyone does not protect the children it claims to protect.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/the-psychology-of-surveillance

#surveillance #chatcontrol #csam #psychology #HumanRights #FreedomOfThought #china #privacy #psychographics #identity

Psychology

An extract from It's Personal. The Hawthorne Effect, the Chinese social credit system, and why observing everyone does not protect the children it claims to protect.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/the-psychology-of-surveillance

#surveillance #chatcontrol #csam #psychology #HumanRights #FreedomOfThought #china #privacy #psychographics #identity

Psychology

An extract from It's Personal. The Hawthorne Effect, the Chinese social credit system, and why observing everyone does not protect the children it claims to protect.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/the-psychology-of-surveillance

#surveillance #chatcontrol #csam #psychology #HumanRights #FreedomOfThought #china #privacy #psychographics #identity

🧠 Mental and intellectual privacy is a precursor to Freedom of Thought (FoT) and it's what we must protect to keep the Thought Police at bay.

#privacy #privacymatters #freedomofthought #mentalprivacy #intellectualprivacy

🧠 Mental and intellectual privacy is a precursor to Freedom of Thought (FoT) and it's what we must protect to keep the Thought Police at bay.

#privacy #privacymatters #freedomofthought #mentalprivacy #intellectualprivacy

🧠 Mental and intellectual privacy is a precursor to Freedom of Thought (FoT) and it's what we must protect to keep the Thought Police at bay.

#privacy #privacymatters #freedomofthought #mentalprivacy #intellectualprivacy

🧠 Mental and intellectual privacy is a precursor to Freedom of Thought (FoT) and it's what we must protect to keep the Thought Police at bay.

#privacy #privacymatters #freedomofthought #mentalprivacy #intellectualprivacy

🧠 Mental and intellectual privacy is a precursor to Freedom of Thought (FoT) and it's what we must protect to keep the Thought Police at bay.

#privacy #privacymatters #freedomofthought #mentalprivacy #intellectualprivacy

📕 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

📕 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

📕 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

📕 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

📕 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

A quotation from E. B. White

When liberty’s position is challenged, artists and writers are the ones who first take up the sword. They do so without persuasion, for the battle is peculiarly their own. In the nature of things, a person engaged in the flimsy business of expressing himself on paper is dependent on the large general privilege of being heard. Any intimation that this privilege may be revoked throws a writer into a panic. His is a double allegiance to freedom — an intellectual one springing from the conviction that pure thought has a right to function unimpeded, and a selfish one springing from his need, as a breadwinner, to be allowed to speak his piece.

E. B. White (1899-1985) American author, critic, humorist [Elwyn Brooks White]
Essay (1939-01), “One Man’s Meat,” Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 178

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A quotation from E. B. White

When liberty’s position is challenged, artists and writers are the ones who first take up the sword. They do so without persuasion, for the battle is peculiarly their own. In the nature of things, a person engaged in the flimsy business of expressing himself on paper is dependent on the large general privilege of being heard. Any intimation that this privilege may be revoked throws a writer into a panic. His is a double allegiance to freedom — an intellectual one springing from the conviction that pure thought has a right to function unimpeded, and a selfish one springing from his need, as a breadwinner, to be allowed to speak his piece.

E. B. White (1899-1985) American author, critic, humorist [Elwyn Brooks White]
Essay (1939-01), “One Man’s Meat,” Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 178

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ebwhite #artist #censorship #control #freethought #freedomofexpression #freedomofthought #liberty #tyranny #writer

A quotation from E. B. White

When liberty’s position is challenged, artists and writers are the ones who first take up the sword. They do so without persuasion, for the battle is peculiarly their own. In the nature of things, a person engaged in the flimsy business of expressing himself on paper is dependent on the large general privilege of being heard. Any intimation that this privilege may be revoked throws a writer into a panic. His is a double allegiance to freedom — an intellectual one springing from the conviction that pure thought has a right to function unimpeded, and a selfish one springing from his need, as a breadwinner, to be allowed to speak his piece.

E. B. White (1899-1985) American author, critic, humorist [Elwyn Brooks White]
Essay (1939-01), “One Man’s Meat,” Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 178

More about this quote: wist.info/white-eb/84790/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ebwhite #artist #censorship #control #freethought #freedomofexpression #freedomofthought #liberty #tyranny #writer

A quotation from E. B. White

When liberty’s position is challenged, artists and writers are the ones who first take up the sword. They do so without persuasion, for the battle is peculiarly their own. In the nature of things, a person engaged in the flimsy business of expressing himself on paper is dependent on the large general privilege of being heard. Any intimation that this privilege may be revoked throws a writer into a panic. His is a double allegiance to freedom — an intellectual one springing from the conviction that pure thought has a right to function unimpeded, and a selfish one springing from his need, as a breadwinner, to be allowed to speak his piece.

E. B. White (1899-1985) American author, critic, humorist [Elwyn Brooks White]
Essay (1939-01), “One Man’s Meat,” Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 178

More about this quote: wist.info/white-eb/84790/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ebwhite #artist #censorship #control #freethought #freedomofexpression #freedomofthought #liberty #tyranny #writer

A quotation from E. B. White

When liberty’s position is challenged, artists and writers are the ones who first take up the sword. They do so without persuasion, for the battle is peculiarly their own. In the nature of things, a person engaged in the flimsy business of expressing himself on paper is dependent on the large general privilege of being heard. Any intimation that this privilege may be revoked throws a writer into a panic. His is a double allegiance to freedom — an intellectual one springing from the conviction that pure thought has a right to function unimpeded, and a selfish one springing from his need, as a breadwinner, to be allowed to speak his piece.

E. B. White (1899-1985) American author, critic, humorist [Elwyn Brooks White]
Essay (1939-01), “One Man’s Meat,” Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 178

More about this quote: wist.info/white-eb/84790/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ebwhite #artist #censorship #control #freethought #freedomofexpression #freedomofthought #liberty #tyranny #writer

📲 Computer vision is a privacy-degrading corporate activity. Maintaining Freedom of Thought, privacy, dignity and self-determination requires deliberate rejection of surveillance tech that multiplies "computer vision" capabilities in our day-to-day lives.

#privacy #privacymatters #panopticon #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #freedomofthought #computervision

📲 Computer vision is a privacy-degrading corporate activity. Maintaining Freedom of Thought, privacy, dignity and self-determination requires deliberate rejection of surveillance tech that multiplies "computer vision" capabilities in our day-to-day lives.

#privacy #privacymatters #panopticon #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #freedomofthought #computervision

📲 Computer vision is a privacy-degrading corporate activity. Maintaining Freedom of Thought, privacy, dignity and self-determination requires deliberate rejection of surveillance tech that multiplies "computer vision" capabilities in our day-to-day lives.

#privacy #privacymatters #panopticon #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #freedomofthought #computervision

📲 Computer vision is a privacy-degrading corporate activity. Maintaining Freedom of Thought, privacy, dignity and self-determination requires deliberate rejection of surveillance tech that multiplies "computer vision" capabilities in our day-to-day lives.

#privacy #privacymatters #panopticon #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #freedomofthought #computervision

📲 Computer vision is a privacy-degrading corporate activity. Maintaining Freedom of Thought, privacy, dignity and self-determination requires deliberate rejection of surveillance tech that multiplies "computer vision" capabilities in our day-to-day lives.

#privacy #privacymatters #panopticon #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #freedomofthought #computervision

❓ Intellectual Property and privacy are interlinked, and the lack of "Intellectual Privacy" is a hindrance to Freedom of Thought (FoT) and creativity.

#privacy #privacymatters #IntellectualProperty #intellectualprivacy #datapoisoning #ai #freedomofthought

❓ Intellectual Property and privacy are interlinked, and the lack of "Intellectual Privacy" is a hindrance to Freedom of Thought (FoT) and creativity.

#privacy #privacymatters #IntellectualProperty #intellectualprivacy #datapoisoning #ai #freedomofthought

❓ Intellectual Property and privacy are interlinked, and the lack of "Intellectual Privacy" is a hindrance to Freedom of Thought (FoT) and creativity.

#privacy #privacymatters #IntellectualProperty #intellectualprivacy #datapoisoning #ai #freedomofthought

❓ Intellectual Property and privacy are interlinked, and the lack of "Intellectual Privacy" is a hindrance to Freedom of Thought (FoT) and creativity.

#privacy #privacymatters #IntellectualProperty #intellectualprivacy #datapoisoning #ai #freedomofthought

❓ Intellectual Property and privacy are interlinked, and the lack of "Intellectual Privacy" is a hindrance to Freedom of Thought (FoT) and creativity.

#privacy #privacymatters #IntellectualProperty #intellectualprivacy #datapoisoning #ai #freedomofthought

A quotation from Einstein

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
 
[Wenige sind imstande, von den Vorurteilen der Umgebung abweichende Meinungen gelassen auszusprechen; die Meisten sind sogar unfähig, überhaupt zu solchen Meinungen zu gelangen.]

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 4, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]

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A quotation from Einstein

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
 
[Wenige sind imstande, von den Vorurteilen der Umgebung abweichende Meinungen gelassen auszusprechen; die Meisten sind sogar unfähig, überhaupt zu solchen Meinungen zu gelangen.]

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 4, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]

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A quotation from Einstein

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
 
[Wenige sind imstande, von den Vorurteilen der Umgebung abweichende Meinungen gelassen auszusprechen; die Meisten sind sogar unfähig, überhaupt zu solchen Meinungen zu gelangen.]

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 4, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]

More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/210/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #freedomofthought #freethinking #heterodoxy #peerpressure #prejudice #society

A quotation from Einstein

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
 
[Wenige sind imstande, von den Vorurteilen der Umgebung abweichende Meinungen gelassen auszusprechen; die Meisten sind sogar unfähig, überhaupt zu solchen Meinungen zu gelangen.]

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 4, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]

More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/210/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #freedomofthought #freethinking #heterodoxy #peerpressure #prejudice #society

A quotation from Einstein

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
 
[Wenige sind imstande, von den Vorurteilen der Umgebung abweichende Meinungen gelassen auszusprechen; die Meisten sind sogar unfähig, überhaupt zu solchen Meinungen zu gelangen.]

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 4, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]

More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/210/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #freedomofthought #freethinking #heterodoxy #peerpressure #prejudice #society

In times of turmoil and chaos, our focus must be on the common good. Privacy and freedom of thought must be protected.

#privacy #privacymatters #freedomofthought #neurorights #thecommongood #digitalcommons

In times of turmoil and chaos, our focus must be on the common good. Privacy and freedom of thought must be protected.

#privacy #privacymatters #freedomofthought #neurorights #thecommongood #digitalcommons

In times of turmoil and chaos, our focus must be on the common good. Privacy and freedom of thought must be protected.

#privacy #privacymatters #freedomofthought #neurorights #thecommongood #digitalcommons

In times of turmoil and chaos, our focus must be on the common good. Privacy and freedom of thought must be protected.

#privacy #privacymatters #freedomofthought #neurorights #thecommongood #digitalcommons

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)

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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)

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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)

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #vonnegut #kurtvonnegut #kurtvonnegutjr #bookbanning #bookburning #censorship #freedomofthought #librarians #library #privacy

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…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #vonnegut #kurtvonnegut #kurtvonnegutjr #bookbanning #bookburning #censorship #freedomofthought #librarians #library #privacy

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)

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A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-10-07), “Safeguards Against Communism,” Masonic Temple, Detroit, Michigan

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A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-10-07), “Safeguards Against Communism,” Masonic Temple, Detroit, Michigan

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A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-10-07), “Safeguards Against Communism,” Masonic Temple, Detroit, Michigan

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