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The Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats. They believe that 'the best government is that which governs least,' and that which governs least is no government at all.

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Alan Barth

Thought that is silenced is always rebellious.

Rebellious, Silenced, Thought
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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.

Atheism, Criticism, Dangerous, Liberty, Silencing, Thought

The notion that the church, the press, and the universities should serve the state is essentially a Communist notion. In a free society these institutions must be wholly free - which is to say that their function is to serve as checks upon the state.

Checks, Church, Government, Liberty, Society, State

Character assassination is at once easier and surer than physical assault; and it involves far less risk for the assassin. It leaves him free to commit the same deed over and over again, and may, indeed, win him the honors of a hero in the country of his victims.

Assassin, Assault, Character, Country, Free, Hero

Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.

Criticism, Delusion, Dissent, Indispensable

Loyalty in a free society depends upon the toleration of disloyalty.

Loyalty, Miscellaneous, Depends, Disloyalty, Free
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