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Small Groups Or Communities May Be Far More Oppressive To The Individual Than Larger Ones. Men Are In Many Ways Freer In Large Cities Than In Small Villages.

Liberalism Is An Attitude Rather Than A Set Of Dogmas - An Attitude That Insists Upon Questioning All Plausible And Self-evident Propositions, Seeking Not To Reject Them But To Find Out What Evidence There Is To Support Them Rather Than Their Possible Alternatives.

Cruel Persecutions And Intolerance Are Not Accidents, But Grow Out Of The Very Essence Of Religion, Namely, Its Absolute Claims.

If A Philosophic Theory Is Once Ruled Out Of Court, No One Can Tell When It Will Appear Again.

The Business Of The Philosopher Is Well Done If He Succeeds In Raising Genuine Doubt.