Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The quote suggests that killing someone is the ultimate way to silence their voice.
- In plain terms
- Murder silences people forever.
- What can you take from it?
- Violence stops speech permanently.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we protect voices?
- Is violence ever justified?
Another view
Censorship exists without violence.
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You see things as they are and ask, 'Why?' I dream things as they never were and ask, 'Why not?'
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