Blaise Pascal on Nostr: http://libertytree.ca/quotes/Charles.Sprading.Quote.30EC "The first great struggle ...
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"The first great struggle for liberty was in the realm of thought. The libertarians reasoned that freedom of thought would be good for mankind; it would promote knowledge, and increased knowledge would advance civilization. But the authoritarians protested that freedom of thought would be dangerous, that people would think wrong, that a few were divinely appointed to think for the people."
-- Charles T. Sprading
(1871-1959) Libertarian activist, writer
"The first great struggle for liberty was in the realm of thought. The libertarians reasoned that freedom of thought would be good for mankind; it would promote knowledge, and increased knowledge would advance civilization. But the authoritarians protested that freedom of thought would be dangerous, that people would think wrong, that a few were divinely appointed to think for the people."
-- Charles T. Sprading
(1871-1959) Libertarian activist, writer