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— Marcus Tullius Cicero"Yield, ye arms, to the toga; to civic praise, ye laurels."
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A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. The Western world has lost its civic courage . . . . Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling and intellectual elite, causing an impression of a loss of courage by the entire society.
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