No totalitarians, no wars, no fears, famines or perils of any kind

No totalitarians, no wars, no fears, famines or perils of any kind can really break a mans spirit until he breaks it himself by surrendering. Tyranny has many dread powers, but not the power to rule the spirit. – Edgar Sheffield Brightman

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