"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
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Speech in the House of Commons (18 November 1783). Compare: "And with necessity, / The tyrant's plea, / excus'd his devilish deeds", John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book iv, line 393.
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