Two things form the bedrock of any open society

Salman Rushdie
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Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country. ✨ 'Don't allow religious hooligans to dictate terms' by Dina Vakil, timesofindia.indiatimes.com. January 16, 2008.
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We were language's magpies by nature, stealing whatever sounded bright and shiny. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2000). The Ground Beneath Her Feet: A Novel, p.56, Macmillan

Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country. ✨ 'Don't allow religious hooligans to dictate terms' by Dina Vakil, timesofindia.indiatimes.com. January 16, 2008.

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