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Tyrants seldom want pretexts. - Edmund Burke

Tyrants seldom want pretexts. – Edmund Burke

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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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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they dont turn against him, they crush those beneath them. – Emily Bronte

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With society and its public, there is no longer any other language than that of bombs, barricades, and all that follows. – Antonin Artaud

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

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