This is a Service
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🗓️ 20 May 2026
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Maybe you don’t think it’s making much of a difference. Maybe it’s terrifying and exhausting. Maybe it’s costing you a lot—friends, followers, peace of mind. Still, it is worth doing.
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| 1:24.5 | This is a service. Maybe you don't think it's making much of a difference. |
| 1:30.0 | Maybe it's terrifying and exhausted. |
| 1:32.1 | Maybe it's costing you a lot, friends and followers and peace of mind. |
| 1:36.1 | Maybe the odds against you are overwhelming. |
| 1:39.6 | Still, it is worth doing. |
| 1:42.5 | Cato didn't succeed against Caesar. Thria was beaten by Nero. Stockdale was |
| 1:48.3 | repeatedly tortured for his resistance. But do you know what their example did? It inspired not only |
| 1:54.8 | those around them, but has inspired generations to come. As we said recently, courage is a team sport. People are more likely to stand |
| 2:03.7 | up, to say this is wrong, to join the cause if they see other people doing it. So by putting |
| 2:10.8 | yourself out there, by speaking your mind, by living a virtuous life in an unvirtuous world, |
| 2:15.4 | you are doing an incredible service. You are saying all is not |
| 2:19.8 | lost. You are saying to those who are seeing the same things, you are not alone. You are saying to the |
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