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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experiment
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"Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political"

- Ignazio Silone

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