#suppressed

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#climbed #dictator #each #every #except

I would like to see capital punishment suppressed in all democracies. ↗

— Lionel Jospin

#capital punishment #democracies #i #like #punishment

The end is the beginning of all things, Suppressed and hidden, Awaiting to be released through the rhythm Of pain and pleasure. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#awaiting #beginning #end #hidden #pain

Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme. ↗

— Michael Tippett

#disappeared #everything #extreme #figure #his

The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed. ↗

— Robert Trout

#american republic #based #because #been #could

Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with a dissenting opinion has been suppressed. Chinese art is merely a product: it avoids any meaningful engagement. There is no larger context. Its only purpose is to charm viewers with its ambiguity. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#any #anyone #art #avoids #been

Modern sociology is virtually an attempt to take up the larger program of social analysis and interpretation which was implicit in Adam Smith's moral philosophy, but which was suppressed for a century by prevailing interest in the technique of the production of wealth. ↗

— Albion W. Small

#analysis #attempt #century #implicit #interest

In Germany I have been acknowledged again since the fall of Hitler, but my works, partly suppressed by the Nazis and partly destroyed by the war; have not yet been republished there. ↗

— Herman Hesse

#again #been #destroyed #fall #germany

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#friends #readiest #suppressed #truth #weapon

Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor. ↗

— William O. Douglas

#censor #code #literature #merely #moral