We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away…

E. M. Forster
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We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship. ✨ E.M. Forster (1951). Two Cheers for Democracy
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We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship. ✨ E.M. Forster (1951). Two Cheers for Democracy

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