"To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty."

-- Maximilien Robespierre

#Humanity Quotes #Forgiving Quotes #Clemency Quotes

“Only if you resist what happens are you at the mercy of what happens, and the world will determine your happiness and unhappiness”
“Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind, and hence cannot be defined in terms of the qualities of a book or picture.”

Source : Theodore Schroeder (1911). “"Obscene" Literature and Constitutional Law: A Forensic Defense of Freedom of the Press”
“I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.”

Source : "The Old Familiar Faces" l. 1 (1798)
“Poetry can communicate the actual quality of experience with a subtlety and precision unapproachable by any other means.”

Source : 1932 New Bearings in English Poetry, ch.2.
“I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard.”
“The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.”

Source : Samuel Adams (1968). “The Writings of Samuel Adams: 1770-1773”
“I don't use photographs because photographs don't give me the kind of information I need.”
“I hazard the guess that man will be ultimately known for a mere polity of multifarious, incongruous, and independent denizens.”

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