Quote by Maxim Gorky

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to preserve oneself, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

Maxim Gorky Freedom
Novelist Playwright Russian 1868–1936

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