"We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still." - John Stuart Mill.
Just beacuse you can say something, doesnt mean you should. Just beacuse you know the truth doesn't mean you should tell it. Just beacuse you can reveal a secret or lie doesnt mean that doing so will help anyone. Silence is the grease of diplomacy, and lies are just a tool.
gone four years, first day back: Zoners still getting shot in Theta :|
"Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only weapon against bad ideas is better ideas." - Alfred Whitney Griswold.
'There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.' -Douglas Adams
"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority. The political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities; and the smallest minority on earth is the individual." - Ayn Rand.