"All censorships exist to prevent anyone from..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
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“The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.”
“You can rave about Stravinsky without the slightest risk of being classified as a lunatic by the next generation .”
“The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbors no harm.”
More on Progress
“If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would go into the advertising business in preference to almost any other. The general raising of the standards of modern civilization among all groups of people during the past half ce”
“I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.”
“It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world”
More on Freedom
“Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.”
“Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.”
“Let us each of us now embrace with solemn duty, and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright. With common effort and common purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom.”