It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

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I may not believe in what you say, but I will die for your right to do so.

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The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

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Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

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The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.

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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

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In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

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Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

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