If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

- George Washington

Thursday 6 August 2009

The Victorians

Lord Salisbury, speaking to Kingston and District Working Men's Conservative Association, June 1883:

“By a free country, I mean a country where people are allowed, so long as they do not hurt their neighbours, to do as they like. I do not mean a country where six men may make five men do exactly as they like.”

My feelings exactly.

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