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He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. other men are bound ... to deprive him of life or liberty, if that should appear in any case to be indispensably necessary to prevent a greater evil.
-William Godwin
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He Has No Right To His Life

William Godwin
He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. other men are bound ... to deprive him of life or liberty, if that should appear in any case to be indispensably necessary to prevent a greater evil.
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