Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric o…

Ai Weiwei
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one. ✨ Ai Weiwei, Nursing Head Wound, Sharpens Criticism: Review by Catherine Hickley, Bloomberg.com, October 14, 2009.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one. ✨ Ai Weiwei, Nursing Head Wound, Sharpens Criticism: Review by Catherine Hickley, Bloomberg.com, October 14, 2009.

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