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Quote from Walter Bagehot,


"So long as there are earnest believers in the world,
they will always wish to punish opinions,
even if their judgment tells them it is unwise
and their conscience tells them it is wrong."


By:

Walter Bagehot (more quotes by Walter Bagehot or books by/about Walter Bagehot)


(1826-1877) British journalist, businessman, essayist

Source:

Literary Studies

Categories:

Conscience, Faith, Fear, God, Hypocrisy, Ignorance, Integrity, Justice, Persecution, Religion, Truth, Agnostic

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