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A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.

Henry David Thoreau
Wise, Men, Wish
Henry David Thoreau (1942). “Civil Disobedience”, p.6, Hayes Barton Press
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.