We relinquished our freedom that day, and we were more than happy to see it go. From that moment on we lived in true freedom, the freedom to point to someone else and say ôThey told me to do it! ItÆs their fault, not mine.ö The freedom, God help us, to say ôI was only following orders.ö-World War Z
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