Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individua

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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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. – Edmund Burke

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