Thomas Babington Macaulay - To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which ...

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To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Einen Mann zu bestrafen, weil wir aus der Natur einer Lehre, die er vertritt, oder aus dem Verhalten anderer Personen, die dieselbe Lehre bei sich haben, schließen, dass er ein Verbrechen begehen wird, ist Verfolgung und in jedem Fall töricht und böse.

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