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“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”

Salman Rushdie · Freedom

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If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.

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The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you.

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Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.

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