With The First Link, A Chain Is Forged. The First Speech Censured, The First Thought Forbidden, The First Freedom Denied, Chains Us All Irrevocably.

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With the first link, a chain is forged. The first speech censured, the
first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all
irrevocably.
-- Picard, ST:TNG, quoting a fictional judge, The Drumhead

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