Quote#Freedom
Do not mistake your objection to defeat for an objection to fighting,…
Quote byGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1856–1950
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Maxims for Revolutionists (1903), #162.
English (original)
Do not mistake your objection to defeat for an objection to fighting, your objection to being a slave for an objection to slavery, your objection to not being as rich as your neighbor for an objection to poverty. The cowardly, the insubordinate, and the envious share your objections.
— George Bernard Shaw
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