Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.”
The Natural History of Nonsense XIX.
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