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Elisha Williams on the unalienable right every person has to think and judge for themselves (1744)
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Ellis Sandoz
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2018-10-01 |
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Benedict de Spinoza on the natural right every person has to think and speak on any subject they choose (1670)
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Benedict de Spinoza
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2018-09-27 |
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The Earl of Shaftesbury on the value of good conversations for questioning everything (1709)
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury
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2015-02-23 |
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Spinoza on being master of one’s own thoughts (1670)
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Benedict de Spinoza
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2014-12-01 |
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John Milton on the tyranny of government licensed printing (1644)
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John Milton
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2014-06-02 |
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Benjamin Constant and the Freedom of the Press (1815)
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Benjamin Constant
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2011-09-19 |
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Jefferson’s preference for “newspapers without government” over “government without newspapers” (1787)
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Thomas Jefferson
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2010-12-13 |
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John Milton opposed censorship for many reasons but one thought sticks in the mind, that “he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself” (1644)
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John Milton
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2006-05-15 |
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John Milton gave a speech before Parliament defending the right of freedom of speech in which he likened the government censors to an “oligarchy” and free speech to a “flowery crop of knowledge” (1644)
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John Milton
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2005-04-25 |