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He denounced “the policy of denying to others the rights that we claim ourselves” as untrue, arrogant, and dangerous.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “He denounced “the policy of denying to others the rights that we claim ourselves” as untrue, arrogant, and dangerous.”
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Morley criticizes the hypocrisy of denying rights to others while claiming them for oneself, labeling it as dangerous.
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