Coercive Acts

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“Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion!”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)

“To the man who cherishes a secret in his breast, there is a still greater secret unexplored. Our most indifferent acts may be a matter for secrecy, but whatever we do with the utmost truthfulness and integrity, by virtue of its pureness, must be transparent as light.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)