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“Any action that is dictated by fear or by coercion of any kind ceases to be moral.”
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- c0ad82c3cb538fbcf8d73ddc9301d9a47d2b40b45c72bb804b2bdaad54ab2ba8
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