The duty and the right to express one's opinion freely may be meaningless-and on occasion even injurious to the best interests of the society-if those opinions are not based on sound thought, which, in its turn, presupposes the possession of sound knowledge. (Muhammad Asad)

The duty and the right to express one's opinion freely may be meaningless-and on occasion even injurious to the best interests of the society-if those opinions are not based on sound thought, which, in its turn, presupposes the possession of sound knowledge.

Muhammad Asad

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