We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when face…

David Mamet
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We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and, further, to indict those who do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles. ✨ David Mamet (1986). Writing in restaurants, Viking Adult
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