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Masso, Ph.D., political scientist and freelance writer.
Iivi Anna
Masso, valtiotieteiden tohtori, vapaa tutkija ja toimittaja, Helsinki
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"The time, it is
to be hoped, is gone by, when any defence would be necessary of the
'liberty of the press' as one of the securities against corrupt or
tyrannical government. No argument, we may suppose, can now be needed,
against permitting a legislature or an executive, not identified in
interest with the people, to prescribe opinions to them, and determine what
doctrines or what arguments they shall be allowed to hear."
J.S.Mill, 1859
“The chances of
factual truth surviving the onslaught of power are very slim indeed; it is
always in danger of being maneauvred out of the world not only for a time,
but, potentially forever. Facts and events are infinitely more fragile
things than axioms, discoveries, theories produced by the human mind. Once
they are lost, no rational efforts will ever bring them back.”
Hannah Arendt, 1954
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