1879-1970, British Novelist, Essayist
We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.
Edward M. Forster – [Poverty and The Poor]


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.
Edward M. Forster – [Freedom of Speech]

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