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John Steinbeck

“The people don’t like to be conquered, sir, and so they will not be. Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars. You will find that is so, sir.”

John Steinbeck, The Short Novels of John Steinbeck
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The Short Novels of John Steinbeck The Short Novels of John Steinbeck by John Steinbeck
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