But the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; … - Gad Saad

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But the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.” — John Stuart Mill1

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About Gad Saad

Gad Saad (/ˈɡæd ˈsæd/; Arabic: جاد سعد‎; Hebrew: גד סעד‎; born October 13, 1964) is a Jewish Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary psychologist, author and Zionist activist.

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Alternative Names: Dr. Gad Saad
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