Nostalgia for dead tyrants and the longing for heroes are unhealthy, and they can result in the deification of a Saddam as easily as a Havel or Mandela.

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• Friedrich Nietzsche

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• Chanakya

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• Dolly Parton

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• John C. Maxwell

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• John Lewis

  U.s. Representative

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• Jordan Peterson

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• Nelson Mandela

  Former President Of South Africa

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• George Bernard Shaw

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• W. Edwards Deming

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• H. L. Mencken

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• Dalai Lama

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• Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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• Dr. Seuss

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• Carrie Fisher

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• Joe Biden

  Vice President Of The United States

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