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"One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants."
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"From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard."

"It's the tyranny of an oligarchy that I'm concerned about."

"Government today is growing too strong to be safe. There are no longer any citizens in the world there are only subjects. They work day in and day out for their masters they are bound to die for their masters at call. Out of this working and dying they tend to get less and less."

"As a result of this greed for power, the poor is not only silenced but also oppressed."
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"To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell."

"So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public."

"My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others!"

"Woman's destiny is to be wanton, like the bitch, the she-wolf; she must belong to all who claim her."

"There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience."

"The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man."

"They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch."
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