"Traitor? I am none, or at least not an ignoble sort. There are different kinds of loyalty, you see. You expect me to be loyal to my country: well, tell me what my country is. I cannot be faithful to a mere word.
I am loyal to my fellow people. I believe it is the country that has betrayed them. I am loyal to myself. I believe I can be the champion who returns what the people are owed. I tried to change the system from the inside. Would you have accepted me if I had continued in that way? But the whole system is corrupt, so that path is now barred from me.
If being a traitor means to shatter ignorance and to seek freedom, then call me a traitor. In turn, I will call you a fool."
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