“…The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably…The first time any man’s freedom is trodden on, we’re all damaged…”
– Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4, Episode 21 “The Drumhead”
[…] am reminded of Captain Picard defense of these freedoms, in which he says, “ …The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably…The first time […]