I call myself a liberal - a classical liberal as in John Stuart Mill. - Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Being up on something is a way of dismissing it. To espouse any point of view is a danger - it might leave us stuck with last year's cause. Prized for their novelty alone, ideas, gimmicks, trends become equivalent, interchangeable.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I call myself a liberal - a classical liberal as in John Stuart Mill.

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