“Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion.”

— Jonathan Swift

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Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet 1667–1745

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Original: (fr) La vertu suppose la liberté, comme le transport d’un fardeau suppose la force active. Dans la contrainte point de vertu, et sans vertu point de religion. Rends-moi esclave, je n’en serai pas meilleur. Le souverain même n’a aucun droit d’employer la contrainte pour amener les hommes à la religion, qui suppose essentiellement choix et liberté. Ma pensée n’est pas plus soumise à l’autorité que la maladie ou la santé.

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“Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion.”

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