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Muhammad Iqbal

People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals.

Muhammad Iqbal

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Muhammad Iqbal is saying that if people cannot control or guide their own thinking, having complete freedom to think can harm them. When their thinking is undeveloped or weak, this freedom can lead them to act without reason or discipline, like animals.

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