We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is

E M Forster Quote

We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship. - E M Forster

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english novelist, 1879 - 1970

Born:1st January, 1879
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Starsign: Capricorn

Author Keywords: Novelist, English

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Brian Moore, Tom Robbins, Naomi Royde-Smith, Ouida, Luigi Pirandello

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