Pageturners recently discussed the novel “ The Last Man in Europe” about George Orwell and by Dennis Glover; the statue was mentioned during discussions.
The quote by the statue reads: “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear”.
Read more about the statue in this post: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/41a0eedb-c435-479d-aa63-a89ad81daf01