In the five centuries since this adventure began the ideas of Reason and Freedom have had innumerable collisions with countervailing and hostile ideas.

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Freedom of thought and freedom of expression are essential in the pursuit of reason.

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But it is indeed freedom of speech and it does matter for that very reason.

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The online community takes freedom of speech very seriously and 800 million Facebook users have reason to take this very seriously.

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The most important reason is the simple fact that economic freedom means wealth, and wealth means health.

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For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of bishop of Rome, successor of Saint Peter.

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