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(1906-1979) served on the editorial board of The Washington Post for thirty years

Rebellious minorities

Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.

Author Greg RavenPosted on November 18, 2015November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories speechTags Alan Barth

“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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