If you are going to penalize disloyalty, you must first determine what loyalty is; if you are going to silence nonconformity, you must determine what conformity is-and to what it conforms. (Henry Steele Commager)

If you are going to penalize disloyalty, you must first determine what loyalty is; if you are going to silence nonconformity, you must determine what conformity is-and to what it conforms.

Henry Steele Commager

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