“Well, now is the time to peel back the foreskin of misconception and apply the wire brush of enlightenment to this mass of sticky half-truths and lies. The truth hurts, but not as much as the consequences of willful ignorance.”
Source: Iron Sunrise (2004), Chapter 5, “Another Day, Another Editorial” (p. 71)
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