It's only a matter of time before you sacrifice the noblest parts of your humanity on the altar of fear: first courage... then honesty... then honor and integrity... and finally your independent will.

在你最终战胜了人性中的恐惧之前，这只是个时间问题：首要的是勇气、然后是诚实、接着是荣誉和正直，最终你就会得到自由。

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Back then, Petraeus called Hashim a man of "honor and integrity" and in a letter pledged he wouldn't be harmed if he gave up.

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But as long as we have the votes in our agreement, the 14 of us, as long as we stick together and honor the integrity of the agreement, then he doesn't have the nuclear option at his disposal.

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