Tom Paine, the great American revolutionary and author of The Rights of Man, wrote: “He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.”
Tom Paine, el gran revolucionario estadounidense y autor de Los derechos del hombre, escribió: “El que quiera asegurase su libertad debe proteger hasta a sus enemigos de toda opresión, porque si viola su deber establecerá un precedente que lo alcanzará a él mismo”.