Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ spee…

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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. ✨ Le Chapon et la Poularde (1763). Dialogue by Voltaire, Dialogue XIV. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th edition, 1919.
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