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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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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. – 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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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they dont turn against him, they crush those beneath them. – Emily Bronte

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