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“Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (16131680)
“No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)
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