Quote from Thomas Babington Macaulay 

"To punish a man because we infer
from the nature of some doctrine which he holds,
or from the conduct of other persons
who hold the same doctrines with him,
that he will commit a crime, is persecution,
and is, in every case, foolish and wicked."

Quote by:
Thomas Babington Macaulay
(1800-1859) [Lord Macaulay] 1st Baron Macaulay, British historian
Source:
Hallam, 1828
 
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