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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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Whenever our neighbors house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. – Edmund Burke

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With society and its public, there is no longer any other language than that of bombs, barricades, and all that follows. – Antonin Artaud

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

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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny. – Edmund Burke

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No totalitarians, no wars, no fears, famines or perils of any kind can really break a mans spirit until he breaks it himself by surrendering. Tyranny has many dread powers, but not the power to rule the spirit. – Edgar Sheffield Brightman

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