" Well,” he continued, “there are a lot of things that want saying which no one dares to say, a lot of shams which want attacking, and yet no one attacks them. It seems to me that I can say things which not another man in England except myself will venture to say, and yet which are crying to be said.” I said: “But who will listen? If you say things which nobody else would dare to say is not this much the same as saying what everyone except yourself knows to be better left unsaid just now?” “Perhaps,” said he, “but I don’t know it; I am bursting with these things, and it is my fate to say them.” I knew there would be no stopping him, so I gave in and asked what question he felt a special desire to burn his fingers with in the first instance. "

― Samuel Butler , Complete Works of Samuel Butler