We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and lis... - Patrick Henry

"We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts."

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Revolutionary, Orator American 1736–1799

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"Truth always comes out in the end."

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