“The 'gallows' are not only a symbol of death, but also a symbol of cruelty, terror and irreverence for life; the common denominator of primitive savagery, medieval fanaticism and modern totalitarianism.” — Arthur Koestler
Today those symbols are called, covid-19, the American medical profession, corona measures, mainsteam media, all leading to more mass murders via lethal injections. Every individual, worldwide, promoting this cruelty, terror and irreverence for life.
The first people totalitarians destroy or silence are men of ideas and free minds. - Isaiah Berlin
Intellectual and cultural freedom is the most important single precondition for the breakdown of the kinds of tyrannical and totalitarian systems that periodically threaten us. - James Billington
Whatever power you give politicians and bureaucrats to use against other people will eventually be used by future politicians and bureaucrats against you. - Michael Boldin
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