Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think.
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Adolf Eichmann Quote
“I was one of the many horses pulling the wagon and couldn't escape left or right because of the will of the driver.”
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