American Library Association on Intellectual Freedom and Censorship...
First, two quotations from the site (and a bonus):
“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.” ( John Stuart Mill, On Liberty)
“He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition: for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. ” (Thomas Paine, Dissertation On First Principles Of Government)
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin, circa February 17, 1775 as part of his notes for a proposition at the Pennsylvania Assembly)
The ALA has a very good, concise Q&A on Intellectual Freedom and Censorship. Given one of the canditate's overt actions in this area, I strongly recommend it for all...
Labels: bookish, censorship, politics, random bits
posted by LuxMentis @ 9:07 PM
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Hmmm, that looks like three quotes to me ...
On the last, well worth reading Richard Minsky's research that shows this is not only misquoted, but also wrongly attributes it to Franklin:
http://www.futureofthebook.com/stories/storyReader$605
It was "two quotations...and a bonus" - thus three.
Know about conflict...tend to fall on this side: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin (see sourced references) That is, the iteration I prefer is drawn from his notes, etc. etc...
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