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“No iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.”

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Isaac Babel, a renowned Russian journalist, was born on July 13, 1894, and died on January 27, 1940. He is best known for his short story collection 'Red Cavalry,' which is notable for its vivid narrative and unique literary style. more

“All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf - that work I abhor - then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us.”

Ifs Thinking Children Doe Book Left Taken Our Children Remove Censorship Shelves

Author:Katherine Paterson

“Free societies...are societies in motion, and with motion comes tension, dissent, friction. Free people strike sparks, and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom's existence.”

People Existence Society Atheism Evidence Positive Atheism Strikes Tension Sparks Censorship Dissent Free Society Friction

Author:Salman Rushdie

“All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.”

Firsts Challenges Progress Conditions Institutions Currents Positive Atheism Conception Censorship Free Speech Removal Censoring Book Banning Progress In Life Supplanting

Book:The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

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