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Quote from Thomas Paine,


"I have always strenuously supported
the right of every man to his own opinion,
however different that opinion might be to mine.
He who denies another this right makes
a slave of himself to his present opinion,
because he precludes himself the right of changing it."


By:

Thomas Paine (more quotes by Thomas Paine or books by/about Thomas Paine)


(1737-1809) US Founding father, pamphleteer, author

Source:

The Age of Reason, 1783

Categories:

Conscience, Diversity, Equality, Free Thought, Individualism, Reason, Respect, Slavery, Tolerance, Wisdom

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