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|'''[[Roger Ebert]]''', [http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-devils review] of ''[[The Devils]]'' }}
{{quote|Virtue without courage is an aberration: in fact you see cowards endorsing a public face of “virtue” as defined by the mainstream media, because they are afraid of doing otherwise.
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The best virtue requires courage; accordingly it needs to be unpopular. If I were to describe the perfect virtuous acts, it would be to take currently frowned upon positions, those penalized by the common discourse (particularly when funded by lobbyists).
|'''Nassim Nicholas Taleb''', ''[https://medium.com/incerto/the-merchandising-of-virtue-b548762658f0 The Merchandising of Virtue]'' (Excerpts from ''Skin in the Game'') }}
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