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Quotation from Areopagitica by John Milton
“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
Areopagitica, Peroration (Project Gutenberg text)
Milton ranks freedom of thought and speech above other civil liberties, such as the defence of immunities from taxation.
Citation: "Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties." — John Milton, Areopagitica, Peroration (Project Gutenberg text). (id areopagitica-q7)
Portrait: John Milton, aged about 21, anonymous, Public domain.
