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

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The tyranny of majorities may be as bad as the tyranny of kings. – Arthur Balfour

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

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Tyrants seldom want pretexts. – Edmund Burke

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