Ma Jian Quote

To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.

Ma Jian

To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.

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About Ma Jian

Ma Jian may refer to:

Muhammad Ma Jian (马坚, 1906–1978), Chinese Confucian scholar and Islamic jurist
Ma Jian (writer) (马建, born 1953), Chinese writer
Ma Jian (politician) (马建, born 1956), former Vice Minister of State Security of China
Ma Jian (basketball) (马健, born 1969), Chinese basketball player and occasional actor
Jian Ma (computer scientist) (马坚), American computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University working on computational biology