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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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Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old. – Edmund Burke

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Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart. – Jeremy Bentham

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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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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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