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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from p

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. – Edmund Burke

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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. – Edmund Burke

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Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by terror and force, whether it arises under the Fascist or the Communist flag. All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded to the individual. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

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Disregard for human beings is the first qualification of a dictator. – Milton S. Eisenhower

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The tyranny of majorities may be as bad as the tyranny of kings. – Arthur Balfour

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Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart. – Jeremy Bentham

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