I am happy that I can aid those admirable men, both living and dead, who by their pens or their tongues have aided the great cause of human liberty and universal happiness.
When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes is said to have replied: __es, stand a little less between me and the sun._ It is what every citizen is entitled to ask of his government.
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When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes is said to have replied: __es, stand a little less between me and the sun._ It is what every citizen is entitled to ask of his government.
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