I will make them conform themselves, or else I will harry them out of the land, or else do worse.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Authority may demand total compliance under threat of expulsion or harsher consequences.
- In plain terms
- Conform or face expulsion or worse.
- What can you take from it?
- Expect strict demands for loyalty from power.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who demands your conformity?
- What are the costs of dissent?
Another view
This ignores the possibility of resistance or negotiation.
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