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Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates

Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise. – E. M. Cioran

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The web of domination has become the web of Reason itself, and this society is fatally entangled in it. – Herbert Marcuse

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The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. – Steve Biko

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They have given us into the hand of new unhappy lords. Lords without anger and honor, who dare not carry their swords. They fight by shuffling papers; they have bright dead alien eyes; They look at our labor and laughter as a tired man looks at flies. – G. K. Chesterton

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Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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