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Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.

Harry S Truman
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The problem of freedom in America is that of maintaining a competition of ideas, and you do not achieve that by silencing one brand of idea.

Max Lerner
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The force of the committee's announcement this week is going exactly in the wrong direction - chilling the free speech of judicial candidates and silencing good-faith answers.

Kent Ostrander
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The big question is whether the formal parties to a lawsuit can reach an agreement that has the effect of silencing other individuals from speaking and communicating on the Internet.

David Sobel
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Silencing the crowd is very motivating.

Chameka Scott
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In many countries the bullet or the bomb is a cheap and relatively risk-free way of silencing troublesome reporting. Lack of proper inquiries by the authorities and absence of punishment of the perpetrators encourages more killings and intimidates other journalists into silence.

Rodney Pinder
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The promoter is all you need for activation and silencing. It's the main site of action where everything is happening.

Alan Cowman
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If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind.

John Stuart Mill
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The people against whom I defended my country in the war ... have an interest in silencing me and cannot be interested in treating me.

Zdenko Tomanovic
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