While ignorance is the fancy of tyrants and masters, greater is their devotion to the cowardice of dependence. This they breathe. @
Cowardice cedes liberty for perceived comfort; it fears the labor of liberty, and blindly embraces the haven of despotism. @
Cower so, my countrymen; bathe yourself in the promise of your master, then wallow in the mire of contempt for your brother. @
~tdv
(image from this article at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, E-Newsletter)
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