When a people lose the courage to resist encroachment on their rights, then they can’t be saved by an outside force. Our belief is that people always have the kind of government they want and that individuals must bear the risks of freedom, even to the extent of giving their lives.
Lucy Rail, a character in A. E. Van Vogt’s The Weapon Shops of Isher (1951).
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