We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness "to act alone," its willingness to be everybody's enemy. (Wendell Berry)

We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness "to act alone," its willingness to be everybody's enemy.

Wendell Berry

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