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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

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It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger. – Samuel Johnson

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Strangers
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Samuel Johnson
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A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. – Samuel Johnson

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Letters (writing)
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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older. – Michel de Montaigne

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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth — and truth rewarded me. – Simone de Beauvoir

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I am not politically correct. I am all about the facts, I am all about the truth and I am all about Godly pursuits and what this country was built on, and I am not apologetic about it. – Luke Scott

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The truth is that sometimes it is hard even for me to recognize the Hillary Clinton that other people see. – Hillary Clinton

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