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Infamous Quote from Cardinal Richelieu,


"If you give me six lines written by the most honest man,
I will find something in them to hang him."


By:

Cardinal Richelieu (more quotes by Cardinal Richelieu or books by/about Cardinal Richelieu)


(1585-1642) French clergyman, nobleman, statesman

Source:

As quoted in The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896) by Jehiel K̀eeler Hoyt, p. 763

Categories:

Corruption, Crime, Freedom, Hypocrisy, Liberty, Religion, Tyranny

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