Worry ye not BNM - you are in good company - my wife for one is a life-long republican!
And being a loyal subject of the Crown in this free and democratic society which is ours - I would defend with my life your right to express your desire to advocate a republic.
Someone better than me has said that before - and much better too!
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Found the entry
here:
Evelyn Beatrice Hall (28 September 1868 ^ 13 April 1956), who wrote under the pseudonym S. G. Tallentyre, was an English writer best known for her biography of Voltaire entitled The Life of Voltaire, first published in 1903. She also wrote The Friends of Voltaire, which she completed in 1906.
In The Friends of Voltaire, Hall wrote the phrase: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" (which is often misattributed to Voltaire himself) as an illustration of Voltaire's beliefs. Hall's quotation is often cited to describe the principle of freedom of speech.
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