I don't want to hurt people's feelings if I can help it. I don't want …

Robert Green Ingersoll
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I don't want to hurt people's feelings if I can help it. I don't want anyone unnecessarily humiliated, but I say whatever stands between you and justice must give way; and if you have to walk over reputations — and if they become pavement you cannot help it. ✨ The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll: Legal.
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