If one were to rob human beings of the power to do and say what they please, that would be to take away, and to curtail the first principle of indepe… - Julian

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If one were to rob human beings of the power to do and say what they please, that would be to take away, and to curtail the first principle of independence.

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Flavius Claudius Julianus (c. 331 – 26 June 363) was a Hellenistic philosopher, military leader, Roman emperor, and satirist, often referred to as Julian the Apostate because of his rejection of formal Christian doctrines, and opposition to their spread, and sometimes as Julian II, to distinguish him from Didius Julianus. Sometimes now referred to as Julian the Philosopher, he was the last pagan Augustus of the Roman Empire.

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