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People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.

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Socrates

Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought.

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    It was Kierkegaard not Socrates.
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οι άνθρωποι απαιτούν την ελευθερία του λόγου για να αντισταθμίσουν την ελευθερία σκέψης που αποφεύγουν.

homoj postulas liberecon de esprimo por kompensi la liberecon de penso, kiun ili evitas.

les gens exigent la liberté d'expression pour compenser la liberté de pensée qu'ils évitent.

लोग विचार की स्वतंत्रता के लिए अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता की मांग करते हैं जिससे वे बचते हैं।

az emberek a szólás szabadságát követelik, hogy pótolják az elkerülhető gondolati szabadságot.

մարդիկ պահանջում են խոսքի ազատություն `կազմելու մտքի ազատությունը, որը նրանք խուսափում են:

orang menuntut kebebasan berbicara untuk menggantikan kebebasan berpikir yang mereka hindari.

folk krever ytringsfrihet for å kompensere for tankefriheten som de unngår.

люди вимагають свободи слова, щоб компенсувати свободу думки, якої вони уникають.

人们要求言论自由来弥补他们回避的思想自由。

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