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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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Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart. – Jeremy Bentham

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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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