Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2004-06-08 Jun 8, 2004Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying “No” to any authority -- literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.~ Ignazio Silone Jun 7, 2004Some who are too scrupulous to steal your possessions nevertheless see no wrong in tampering with your thoughts.~ Khalil GibranTo silence criticism is to silence freedom.~ Sidney HookWhat a state of society is this in which freethinker is a term of abuse, and in which doubt is regarded as sin?~ William Winwood Reade Jun 4, 2004As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.~ J. Robert OppenheimerExpress everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a bullet.~ Jamaica KincaidIt is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions make it impossible to earn a living.~ Bertrand Russell Jun 3, 2004I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.~ Franz KafkaA truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.~ Jo GodwinI pray that no child of mine would ever descend into such a place as a library. They are indeed most dangerous places and unfortunate is she or he who is lured into such a hellhole of enjoyment, stimulus, facts, passion and fun.~ Willy Russell Jun 2, 2004Freedom of the press, freedom of association, the inviolability of domicile, and all the rest of the rights of man are respected so long as no one tries to use them against the privileged class. On the day they are launched against the privileged they are overthrown.~ Prince Peter KropotkinDid you ever hear anyone say, “That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me.”~ Joseph Henry JacksonThe burning of an author’s books, imprisonment for opinion’s sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time.~ Joseph Lewis Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print