... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!

Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country?
Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this.
Socrates: How so, Plato?
Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is a
sculptor.
Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they have
no need to be reminded.
Plato: That is correct.
Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders.

You cannot hinder someone’s free will, that’s the first law of the Universe, no matter what the decision.

It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do.

There has to be a cut-off somewhere between the freedom of expression and a graphically explicit free-for-all.

The devil has not vanished simply because people refuse to believe he exists, no more than God has...