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But Cato refused. He considered Caesar a tyrant. Mercy from him, said Cato, was harder to bear than death. Cato decided to commit suicide. He told his son that he had been raised in liberty and freedom of speech, and he was too old now to
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“The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake, the wind may blow through it, the storm may enter, the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! —WILLIAM PITT THE ELDER, 1763”
― Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World
― Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World
“After Watergate, few would have predicted today’s dynamic in which some journalists view their job not as questioning the powers that be, but undermining those who report on the powers that be.”
― Stonewalled: One Reporter's Fight for Truth in Obama's Washington
― Stonewalled: One Reporter's Fight for Truth in Obama's Washington
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
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“You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.' - To Neville Chamberlain”
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“Most of the time, however, the cruelty of Soviet camp guards was unthinking, stupid, lazy cruelty, of the sort that might be shown to cattle or sheep.”
― Gulag: A History
― Gulag: A History
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