RNS Reader Mariner noticed that last Monday’s QotD was not exactly correct.
And because we thrive on being factual here at RNS, I give you the corrected and extended version of the Heinlein quote.
When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, ‘This you may not read, this you may not see, this you are forbidden to know,’ the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything–you can’t conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.
Robert A. Heinlein – Revolt in 2100 (pub. 1953)