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A nation that silences or intimidates original minds is left only with unoriginal minds and cannot hope to hold its own in the competition of peace or of war.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist

Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent (1954)

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WIST - Commager, Henry Steele | Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent (1954)

A nation that silences or intimidates original minds is left only with unoriginal minds and cannot hope to hold its own in the competition of peace or of war.