It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. Even though you can’t expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make the attempt. That’s morality, that’s religion, that’s art, that’s life.

– Phil Ochs, as quoted in The Complete Phil Ochs: Chords of Fame (1978) by Almo publications

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