As thousands of the French march through the streets of Paris today to reaffirm their allegiance to Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite in the face of violence and intimidation, Montesquieu has been much on my mind this past week. He said that it was much more important for people to be free to be wrong than that they should be compelled to be right.
EXTRA:
The BBC has pictures from today's rallies in France.
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