„In this country intellectual cowardice is the worst enemy a writer or journalist has to face, and that fact does not seem to me to have had the discussion it deserves.“

— George Orwell

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„For a country to have a great writer … is like having another government. That’s why no régime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.“
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
„It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country," he read. "This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.“
— Terry Pratchett