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I will not fight, and because I will not fight I will not cast a vote that will send others to fight in my stead.
— Benjamin Martin · The Patriot
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker connects a personal refusal to fight with a refusal to make others fight instead. Voting is treated as an action carrying responsibility for its consequences. The statement insists on consistency between what one will do personally and what one will authorize on someone else’s behalf.
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