It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, humorist
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, humorist
From 'Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar' in 'Following the Equator'.
1897
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