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Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

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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
Choices
Polite
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Compelled
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Charity
Mean
Slavery
Expected
Choice
Personal
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