Frances Wright Quote

“An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken; it may involve an absurdity, or a contradiction. It is a truth, or it is an error; it can never be a crime or a virtue.”

~ Frances Wright
(1795-1852) Scottish-born lecturer, writer, freethinker, feminist, abolitionist, and social reformer
A Few Days in Athens

Crime , Free Thought , Morality , Truth , Virtue

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Anonymous, Reston, VA US 5/8/07

Joe, Rochester, MI 5/8/07

Yet everyone tries to be politically correct so as not to offend another. Taken to extremes, politically incorrect opinions are increasingly being called "hate" crimes. What nonsense!

E Archer, NYC 5/10/07

Frances Wright Quote

“An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken; it may involve an absurdity, or a contradiction. It is a truth, or it is an error; it can never be a crime or a virtue.”

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