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Man's right to know, to learn, to inquire, to make bona fide errors, to investigate human emotions must, by all means, be safe, if the word freedom should ever be more than an empty political slogan.

Wilhelm Reich

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Wilhelm Reich
Age: 60 †
Born: 1897
Born: March 24
Died: 1957
Died: November 3
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I observe to the letter all laws that make sense but combat those that are obsolete or absurd.
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Most intellectual people do not believe in God, but they fear him just the same.
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