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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf

We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf”–Opening to “My Father’s Son,” attributed to George Orwell

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