You have not converted a man, ...

You have not converted a man, because you have silenced him.
You have not converted a man, because you have silenced him.
 John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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Many people think of knowledge as money, They would like knowledge, but do not want to face the perseverance and self- denial that goes into the acquisition of it.
 John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
The next great task of science is to create a religion for humanity.
 John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
The political spirit is the great force in throwing the love of truth and accurate reasoning into a secondary place.
 John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn