“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
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In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.
If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right?
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.
