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"Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward."
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Kirby, Simon. “Truth to Power.” Index on Censorship 37:2 (May 2008), 20–34. http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ai-weiwei_a_309689.pdf

 

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