Søren Kierkegaard on ideas

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought, which they avoid.

To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.

The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle384–322 BC

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One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas.

Victor Hugo1802–1885