Frances Wright Quote

"An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense,
nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken;
it may involve an absurdity, or a contradiction. It is a truth,
or it is an error; it can never be a crime or a virtue."

by:	Frances Wright (1795-1852) Scottish-born lecturer, writer, freethinker, feminist, abolitionist, and social reformer
Source:	A Few Days in Athens
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Categories:	Crime, Free Thought, Morality, Truth, Virtue
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-- Anonymous, Reston, VA US
Yet everyone tries to be politically correct so as not to offend another. Taken to extremes, politically incorrect opinions are increasingly being called "hate" crimes. What nonsense!  -- Joe, Rochester, MI
-- E Archer, NYC

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