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Nitobe Inazō

“Did not Socrates, all the while he unflinchingly refused to concede one iota of loyalty to his daemon, obey with equal fidelity and equanimity the command of his earthly master, the State? His conscience he followed, alive; his country he served, dying. Alack the day when a state grows so powerful as to demand of its citizens the dictates of their consciences!”

Inazo Nitobe, Bushido: The Soul of Japan
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Bushido: The Soul of Japan Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazō Nitobe
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