In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.
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Who is an elected government in a constitutional democracy to decide it will not tolerate dissent.
Who is an elected government in a constitutional democracy to decide it will not tolerate dissent
Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
To the everlasting credit of the people of District 12, not one person claps. Not even the ones holding betting slips, the ones who are usually beyond caring. Possibly because they know me from the Hob, or knew my father, or have encountered Prim, who no one could help loving. So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.
Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought.
If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can leap, caper, utter prophecies, and scratch ourselves in public. We can play with Big Ideas because the garish motley of our pulp origins make us seem harmless.