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Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.
Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.
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An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him for when he is once possessed with an error, it is, like a devil, only cast out with great difficulty.
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