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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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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations – wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco. – Edmund Burke

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The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart. – Jeremy Bentham

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The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid. – Denis Diderot

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No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets. – Edward Abbey

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