When struck on one cheek to turn the other, is really joining a conspi…

Robert Green Ingersoll
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When struck on one cheek to turn the other, is really joining a conspiracy to secure the triumph of brutality. To agree not to resist evil is to become an accomplice of all injustice. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.4190, Library of Alexandria
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When struck on one cheek to turn the other, is really joining a conspiracy to secure the triumph of brutality. To agree not to resist evil is to become an accomplice of all injustice. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.4190, Library of Alexandria

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