Quote by Edmund Burke
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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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. – Edmund Burke

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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny. – 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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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they dont turn against him, they crush those beneath them. – Emily Bronte

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

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