In politics, as in religion, it so happens, that we have less charity …

Charles Caleb Colton
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In politics, as in religion, it so happens, that we have less charity for those who believe the half of our creed, than for those that deny the whole of it; since if Servetus had been a Mohammedan, he would not have been burnt by Calvin. ✨ Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think.
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