“ One obvious palliative of the evils of democracy in its present form would be to encourage much more publicity and initiative on the part of civil servants. They ought to have the right, and, on occas… Bertrand Russell
“ The assumption that we are infallible can we justify the suppression of opinions we think false. Ages are as fallible as individuals, every age having held many opinions which subsequent ages have dee… John Stuart Mill
“ His ambition was not to become wealthy or to be well known, an image which society for some reason dictates each individual should prescribe to, instead his only ambition was to be at peace with himse… Andrew James Pritchard
“ I know the difference between reality and fantasy. Those with sick fantasies who know and respect this difference are much less dangerous than those with no fantasies at all, but who can’t tell the di… T.J. Dixon
“ A slut is someone, usually a woman, who’s stepped outside of the very narrow lane that good girls are supposed to stay within. Sluts are loud. We’re messy. We don’t behave. In fact, the original defin… Jaclyn Friedman
“ Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality. Shannon L. Alder
“ States that are built on a religious foundation limit their own people in a circle of faith and fear. Raif Badawi
“ Any religion-based state has a mission to limit the minds of its people, to fight the developments of history and logic, and to dumb down its citizens. It’s important to stand in the way of such a men… Raif Badawi
“ Two things form the bedrock of any open society — freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don’t have those things, you don’t have a free cou Salman Rushdie
“ Patrick Henry said ‘give me liberty or give me death.’ I think his famous quote makes it crystal clear that the Constitutional framework of this country values liberty as an essential element of life,… Kenneth Eade
“ When we ourselves are not truly in a place of peace and we go out and try to create peace in the world, it becomes a fragmented and sometimes even corrupt form of peace. This happens because only peac… Alaric Hutchinson
“ Absolute freedom comes when we make the choice to wake up and master our individual minds, bodies, hearts, and spirits. When we have this true freedom, we no longer act upon our impulsive thoughts or… Alaric Hutchinson
“ As a human being you have the right to express yourself. You have the right to journey wherever your mind wanders and to express the thoughts you come up with along the way. You have the right to beli… Raif Badawi
“ ...Society needs to open its collective mind to all ideas and ideologies. It needs to give its people the chance to listen to the opinions of others, and then examine them critically instead of reject… Raif Badawi
