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In June 1970, a big earth-moving machine got stuck in the mud. It sank so far as to be out of sight. It cost much money to get it out. Who is to pay the cost?

— Alfred Denning, Baron Denning

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Freedom of speech means not only freedom for the views with which you agree but also freedom for the views which you hate and deplore.

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