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G.K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare Quotes: The moderns say we must not punish heretics. My only doubt is whether we have the right to punish anybody else.
         

The moderns say we must not punish heretics. My only doubt is whether we have the right to punish anybody else.


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