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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