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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always

If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. – Jean Cocteau

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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. – Jean Cocteau

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