By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not int…

Robert Green Ingersoll
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By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think and the right to think wrong. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1895). The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child
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By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think and the right to think wrong. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1895). The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child

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