General shoutout to the thread:

"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." ~ Thomas Paine

"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." ~ Thomas Paine


For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)