“Persecution always says, 'I know the consequences of your opinion better than you know them yourselves.' But the language of toleration was always amicable, liberal, and just: it confessed its doubts, and acknowledged its ignorance ... Persecution had always reasoned from cause to effect, from opinion to action, [that such an opinion would invariably lead to but one action], which proved generally erroneous; while toleration led us invariably to form just conclusions, by judging from actions and not from opinions.”
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Charles James Fox
Charles James Fox, a British politician, was born on January 24, 1749, and died on September 13, 1806. He served as the Leader of the House of Commons and was a prominent Whig figure in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. more
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