They neither ask, nor expect, any mercy, if they should ever fall into the hands of honest men.
Lysander Spooner: “They neither ask, nor expect, any mercy, if they should ever fall into the hands of honest men.”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner asserts that politicians do not expect mercy from those they oppress.
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