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 ==Overcoming Tyrants==
+* Everyone experiences fear, including fear of humiliation.
+* Courage can overcome fear.
+* We are responsible for our own choices.
+* We all have sources of power we can draw on.
+* Authentic self-confidence increases our power.
+* Inquiry, evidence, and respectful debate are powerful tools for uncovering what is.
+* Alliances can increase our power.
+* We each have our own important stories to tell.
+* Tyrants use the trappings of power to enhance their image.
+* Tyrants suppress and manipulate opponents by exploiting their fears.
+* We often respond to image before we respond to substance.
+* Image is not substance.
+* You can speak truth to power.
+* Tyrants respond differently to compassion than they do to threats, dominance, or humiliation.
+* All things must pass; even tyranny is impermanent.
-Everyone experiences fear, including fear of humiliation.
-Courage can overcome fear.
-We are responsible for our own choices.
-We all have sources of power we can draw on.
-Authentic self-confidence increases our power.
-Inquiry, evidence, and argument are powerful tools for uncovering what is.
-Alliances can increase our power.
-We each have our own important stories to tell.
-Tyrants use the trappings of power to enhance their image.
-Tyrants suppress and manipulate opponents by exploiting their fears.
-We often respond to image before we respond to substance.
-Image is not substance.
-You can speak truth to power.
-Tyrants respond differently to compassion than they do to threats, dominance, or humiliation.
-All things must pass; even tyranny is impermanent.
 ==Quotations==
 “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” ~  Lord Acton