E. M. Forster - We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past a...

E. M. Forster Zitate

We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.

E. M. Forster

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wir sind bereit, die Freiheit zu preisen, wenn sie sicher in der Vergangenheit versteckt ist und kein Ärgernis sein kann. In der Gegenwart, inmitten von Gefahren, deren Ausgang wir nicht vorhersehen können, werden wir nervös über sie und geben Zensur zu.

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