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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

7298 James Russell Lowell 1819-1891 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:7298
AUTHOR:James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
QUOTATION:Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne. 1 
ATTRIBUTION:The present Crisis.
 
Note 1.
Dryden: Art of Poetry, line 376: Showed Worth on foot and rascals in the coach. J. G. Holland: Wanted; Wrong rules the land and waiting Justice sleeps. [back]