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I do not ask the clemency of the court. I came into it to get…

Quote bySusan B. Anthony · 1820–1906

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Trial on the charge of illegal voting (1874), Account of Matilda Joslyn Gage (June 20, 1873) to Kansas Leavenworth Times (July 3, 1873).

English (original)

I do not ask the clemency of the court. I came into it to get justice, having failed in this, I demand the full rigors of the law.

— Susan B. Anthony

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