"Fear is the passion of slaves.“

-Patrick Henry

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"For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth to know the worst and provide for it."

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"Give me liberty or give me death."

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"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"

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"Writing is a form of therapy sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation."

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