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

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When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. – 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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No nation, no matter how enlightened, can endure criminal violence. If we cannot control it, we are admitting to the world and to ourselves that our laws are no more than a facade that crumbles when the winds of crisis rise. – Alan Biole

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Tyrants seldom want pretexts. – Edmund Burke

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

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