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It is rare that individuals value their freedom more than the comfort that comes with servility.

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In the life of the academic mind, the owl of Minerva seldom flies as early as the dusk.

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The evil of totalitarianism is not only that it fails to protect specific liberties but that it extinguishes the very possibility of freedom.

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If you want to understand the beliefs that are shaping global politics, read the Book of Revelation.

The result of toppling tyranny in divided countries is usually civil war and ethnic cleansing.

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