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What does it mean?
Trade freedom for safety and avoid confrontation at all costs.
In plain terms
Don't surrender to enemies.
What can you take from it?
Stand firm against aggression.

Where it applies

  • policy debates
  • war

Putting it to work

  • defense policy

Questions to consider

  • Is compromise always bad?

Another view

Oversimplifies complex diplomacy.

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