Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. (Samuel Johnson)

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.

Samuel Johnson

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