Freedom of Speech - Jan Theuninck, 2015

https://services.anu.edu.au/news-events/speech-writing-how-to-make-every-word-count

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Martin Niemöller

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-one even becomes a suspect for not thinking correctly!

(Jan Theuninck as quoted in Letteratour (29 November 2004)

- a speaker of truth has no friends - African proverb
- "The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it"(George Orwell)

En France, la criminalisation de la parole publique

https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2021/09/SIZAIRE/63459

 Non sono d’accordo con quello che dici, ma difenderò fino alla morte il tuo diritto a dirlo 

Voltaire