Voltaire (attributed)
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

Rosa Luxemburg
“Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters.”

John Stuart Mill
“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”

Mahatma Gandhi
“Intolerance itself is a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.”

Benjamin Franklin
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

Thomas Jefferson
“Censorship is the silent enemy of freedom.”

Immanuel Kant
“Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity.”

Painting: B.B.‘23

~ Birte Bran