Quotation by

Marcel Proust

As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.

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Marcel Proust is saying that true freedom depends on the ability to question, express, and hold any thoughts without restriction. When these freedoms exist, progress in knowledge and science will continue without decline.

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