"The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism."

Absence, Criticism, Freedom

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"The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism."

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"Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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"The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

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"Judicious absence is a weapon."

Charles Reade, English Novelist

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"I dote on his very absence."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for."

Pierre de Coubertin, French Leader

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"In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison."

Derek Bailey, English Musician

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"Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

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"It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation."

Jack Schwartz, American Scientist

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"That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter."

Edward Everett, American Statesman

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"What living occasion can,Be just to the absent?"

W. H. Auden, English Poet

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"Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom."

History

"I don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident."

Accident

"The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail."

Will

"Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you're deprived of it."

Being

"One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down brutally but which, again, regroups and moves forward as is happening right now as we are speaking."

Being

"I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood."

Machine

"I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture."

Culture

"There are different kinds of artists and very often, I'll be very frank with you, I wish I were a different kind."

Artist

"But when you're deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and it's amazing."

Companionship

"I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine."

Pessimism