"We think we've come so far. Torture of heretics, burning of witches, it's all ancient history. Then - before you can blink an eye - suddenly it threatens to start all over again."
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged."
~~ Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation
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