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

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Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. – Edmund Burke

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One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves. – Albert Camus

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