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" We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. "

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" A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him. "

" On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. "

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