Coercive Power

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“Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion!”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)

“Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented; and there is nothing I can imagine, that would make me more unhappy than to fail in the effort.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)