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Yale University historian Timothy Snyder wrote a short book called On Tyranny that's quite good. Each of its 20 chapters explains a way to preserve freedom and civilized society in the face of attacks by tyrannical government.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a Nobel prize-winning British writer. His poem "If" has been a source of strength and inspiration to many people around the world. I can't improve on it, so here it is:
