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Nothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it.

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Terry Goodkind
Age: 72 †
Born: 1948
Born: January 14
Died: 2020
Died: September 17
Novelist
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Terry Lee Goodkind
Value
Values
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Freedom
Gained
Without
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Nothing
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Bear
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