Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 12 (1780)
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.