TSTom Stoppard

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Tom Stoppard

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01Undated

I think I give the impression of being a romantic, and I think inside I'm quite severe. But some might say they had the opposite impression of me.

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02Undated

When Auden said his poetry didn't save one Jew from the gas chamber, he'd said it all.

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03Undated

Chekhov was capable of casually tossing off deplorable comments in his letters, combined with a very modern anger against anti-Semitism.

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04Undated

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.

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05Undated

What is the society we wish to protect? Is it the society of complete surveillance for the commonwealth? Is this the wealth we seek to have in common - optimal security at the cost of maximal surveillance?

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06Undated

That I have the right to express myself freely at all times in all circumstances entails the idea that free speech is a 'basic human right' possessed by each individual, and, as such, trumps the interests of the society or group, including my neighbour.

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