The surrender of something attained heroically and at great cost - something to which the well-being of entire generations has been sacrificed - is far more dangerous to a government than not having it to begin with. (Brian Reynolds Myers)

The surrender of something attained heroically and at great cost - something to which the well-being of entire generations has been sacrificed - is far more dangerous to a government than not having it to begin with.

Brian Reynolds Myers

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