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The Kansas Chief, Troy, Kansas, October 19, 1899
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The McArthur Enquirer, Ohio, May 7, 1873
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The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio, June 3, 1942
(If this looks familiar, it’s because it was, paraphrased, said to be an exchange between Winston Churchill and Bessie Braddock - or Lady Astor, depending who’s telling the story - in 1946.)
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The Illustrated Book of Manners: A Manual of Good Behavior and Polite Accomplishments, 1866
“I may not approve this man’s acts,” he said; “they may be contrary to my judgement, and offend my taste, but I would shoulder a musket tomorrow in defense of his right to do as he pleases..”
A side note: Evelyn Beatrice Hall wrote in The Friends of Voltaire, published in 1907, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”. This quote was often misattributed to Voltaire himself, but was written by Hall. However, it looks like some version of the quote predates her book by at least 40 years.
Interview with Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, The Wichita Beacon, Kansas, September 18, 1921
Walking three blocks sometimes tires me out. If it is in a crowd I never for a moment relax my muscles. Let a small boy feel my arm and find it flabby and he wound turn from me in disgust. The small boy conceives me as a strong man, an athlete, and it is my obligation to him not to disillusion him.