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Maximilien Robespierre

"To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty."

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"To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty."

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"Take from a man his freedom or his goods and you may have taken his innocence, almost his humanity, as well."

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"The only thing you can justifiably claim that life owes you is an equal measure of what you have given out. And even that is debatable."

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