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What is illiberal is not persuasion but imposition of one's views.
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
Born: Mar 26, 1941

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Imposition, Persuasion, Views

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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom. Golda Meir
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Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator. Henry Flynt
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