The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. - Voltaire

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And I wonder: Have I squandered my dogness? Have I forsaken my nature for my desires? Have I made a mistake by anticipating my future and shunning my present?

Voltaire

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

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The hallmark of a free society is that I may totally disapprove of what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it until I die.

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It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

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The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

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