...the consequences of militancy do not disappear when the need for militancy is over. Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.

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Germaine Greer was a contemporary Australian writer and public intellectual. Germaine Greer is an Australian writer and public intellectual, regarded as one of the major voices of the second-wave feminism movement in the latter half of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination

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