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Reason and reality are the only means to just laws mindless wishes, if given sovereignty, become deadly masters.

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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
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Deadly
Reality
Sovereignty
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Wishes
Reason
Laws
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Masters
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