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“In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the People.”
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“Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.”
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“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”
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“Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.”
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“When one with honeyed words but evil mind
Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.”
― Orestes
Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.”
― Orestes
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