Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel. - H. L. Mencken - Quotesmemo.com

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Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is therefore denied, indirectly, to all people. This is why we cannot remain silent in the face of evil or violence; silence merely encourages them.

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H. L. Mencken

Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel.

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