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Perhaps, but you fail to see the folly of the Reishi," Bragador said. "The concentration of power that allowed them to ensure peace for so long was the very thing that made them such a potent threat to peace when their power corrupted them, as power inevitably does." "So what's the solution?" Alexander asked, a bit more defiantly than he would have liked. "Simple ... humans must learn to live without government," Bragador said. "Government,..
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Sometimes I wonder if the worst crime evil people ever commit is forcing good people to kill them in defense of life and liberty.
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Stop looking back at the past, forget what you used to be, let go of what you wanted for your life and embrace what your life is now.
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I have no explanation for it, except that there are those who are so selfish and so driven by an insatiable lust for power over others that they will commit unspeakable atrocities to gain that power. But they are few. Most people just want to live their lives and love their families and friends.
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You have a right to your life because you are alive. You have a right to your liberty because you have free will. You have a right to your property because it is the product of your labor. You forfeit these rights when you take them from another.
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The rules provide them with their wealth and power, and the more complex they can make them, the harder it is for people of lesser means to understand and therefore comply. That way, powerful people can always find some legal justification for persecuting those of lesser rank. Large numbers of complex rules also enables corruption to thrive.
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We experience only the one moment of the present. The past is only memory and the future only possibility.
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If you feel guilt for things you've done, then face it and own it because it truly does belong to you, maybe more than anything else in the world. But also learn from it. Let it guide you to act in a way that doesn't lead you to feel guilty ever again.
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Ah ... you've just stumbled into one of humanity's greatest conundrums. It's difficult, maybe even impossible, for a good person to fully comprehend the inner workings of an evil person's mind. Lacking that comprehension, most people assume that everyone else sees the world in the same way that they do. As a result, far too many people are easily taken in by the carefully crafted deceptions and lies that are told so convincingly by those wh..
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He had committed no crime. Yet men, armed with steel and magic, were trying to murder him. Alexander had never done anything that justified the forfeiture of his life. He was entitled to live until he had. The man he'd killed had died in the commission of a crime. He'd come to kill and had died instead. Justice done.
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see the world for what it was and make decisions based on an honest and objective understanding of reality rather than a fantasy created out of hopes, desires, and wishes.
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Obedience to authority does not absolve you of guilt if your actions are immoral. We must all choose when faced with a moral dilemma. How you choose reveals your nature and your character.
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And yet, day in and day out, most people live honorable lives," Alexander said. "They raise their children, work to provide for their families, help their neighbors and try to do the right thing even when the choice is hard. Human beings are essentially good. We love our children, honor our elders, protect our vulnerable, and give charity to those in need."
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These men lived in a world where the meaning of words was fluid, where there were no absolutes. Everything was a matter of interpretation or opinion. Truth and fact mattered little to them. Power was their stock in trade and it was clear after the meeting that most of them didn't care much how they acquired it.
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Opportunities often come along only once. If you don't seize them, you may not get another chance.
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