“When you lose your temper, you lose a friend. When you lie, you lose yourself.”
Robyn Carr American writer
Harvest Moon
“I can fully appreciate the fury and anger that a person can feel when put through a humiliating experience by a cop, but I would recommend strongly that a person maintain his cool, and in no circumstances lose his temper. If you lose your temper, you are playing right into the cop's hands.”
"Postscript", p. 154.
The Anarchist Cookbook (1971)
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