“Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.”
John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) 13th Prime Minister of Canada
March 11, 1958.
“Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.”
Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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