Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity and engaged participation are what make it happen.
The true test of liberty is the right to test it, the right to question it, the right to speak to my neighbors, to grab them by the shoulders and look into their eyes and ask, __re we free?_ I have thought that if we are free, the answer cannot hurt us. And if we are not free, must we not hear the answer?
Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century
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The true test of liberty is the right to test it, the right to question it, the right to speak to my neighbors, to grab them by the shoulders and look into their eyes and ask, __re we free?_ I have thought that if we are free, the answer cannot hurt us. And if we are not free, must we not hear the answer?
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