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• It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. -- Aesop
• Keeping freedom safe from democracy
• Objectivity increases in direct proportion to the distance from the problem.
• Bravely bold Sir Robin, rode forth from Camelot, He was not afraid to die
  Oh Brave Sir Robin, He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin....
• Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem. -- John Galsworthy
• Return from a short distance. No need for remorse. Great good fortune.
• The desire for racial integration increases with the square of the distance from the actual event.