Because I can look myself in the eye in the mirror every day and honestly say to myself: You did the right thing in a really tough spot. You did not break or run away. You are a man of your word. No one, no one, can ever take that from me, just like the court could not have taken it from me even if they had sent me to prison. The comfort provided by the irrefutable certainty of one’s internal rectitude is a luxury afforded only to those who prove themselves able of acting with honor in the face of great adversity; for one must be tested to find out what one is really made of. It is never
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