"We set ourselves to achieve a society that would be maximally tolerant. But that resolve not only gives maximum scope to the activities of those who have set themselves to achieve the maximally intolerant society. It also... paralyses our powers of resistance to them."

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Source : David Stove (2017). “On Enlightenment”, p.164, Routledge

David Stove

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