Charles Colson - People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot...

People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government.. Without virtue, a society can be ruled only by fear, a truth that tyrants understand all too well

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People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government.. Without virtue, a society can be ruled only by fear, a truth that tyrants understand all too well

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