“Lead, follow, or get out of the fucking way.”

—  Arthur Uther Pendragon

His motto for dealing with authority, as quoted in Sunrise Festival Interview "David Shayler, King Arthur Pendragon and Kev the Poet at Sunrise 2008" by K Penton, on Radio 4a (2008)

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