Quote by Samuel Johnson
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every oth

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

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed. It only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost. – Samuel Johnson

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There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex. – Samuel Johnson

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The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on ones opponent. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, its true. – Bill Gates

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I make one pledge above all others – to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command. – George McGovern

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I am of the Buddhists. The great Teacher comes periodically. He is followed by pupils who corrupt the texts and then a new Buddha must be born to reëstablish the truth. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game. The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game. – Chuck Tanner, quoted in The Sporting News, 15 July 1985

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Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society. – Candace Bushnell

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