In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and bra

In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. – Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935

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