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Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of moral courage. The great mass of mankind shun the labor and responsibility of forming opinions for themselves. The question is not - what is true? but - what is popular? Not - what does God say? but - what says the public? Not - what is my opinion? but - what do others believe ?

William Lloyd Garrison#13

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  2. Unhappily, to borrow the words of Ganganelli, a large majority of mankind are 'mere abortions': calling themselves rational and intelligent beings, they act as…

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  3. Better to be always in a minority of one with God - branded as madman, incendiary, fanatic, heretic, infidel - frowned upon by 'the powers that be,' and mobbed…

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