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The only possible innocence that remains to me, while I pay forced…
Quote byGeorge Davis Herron · 1862–1925
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Between Caesar and Jesus (1899), p. 22.
English (original)
The only possible innocence that remains to me, while I pay forced tribute to the system, while I profit by its corrupting influences and agencies, while I bear my part in the culpable public ignorance and guilty moral apathy, is that of protest and exhaustless effort.
— George Davis Herron
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