اللهمّ نوّر أعداءنا، وشحذ عقولهم، وامنحهم حدّة الإدراك، واتساق الاستدلال ووضوحه؛ فإنما نخشى حماقتهم لا حكمتهم، وما يملؤنا قلقًا ضعفُهم لا قوّتهم.
النص الأصلي بالإنجليزية
“Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger from their folly, not from their wisdom; their weakness is what fills us with apprehension, not their strength.”John Stuart Mill — Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and Historical (1864)