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> [The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-james/the-ideal-tyranny-is-that-which-is-ignorantly-self-administered-by-3/)

[Donald James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-james/)

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## More by Donald James

> [Better a sovereign in squalor than a slave in splendor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-james/better-a-sovereign-in-squalor-than-a-slave-in-splendor/)

[Donald James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-james/)

> [The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-james/the-ideal-tyranny-is-that-which-is-ignorantly-self-administered-by-2/)

[Donald James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-james/)

> [At least half of my life's many mistakes can be safely put down to impetuosity: the other half derive from inertia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-james/at-least-half-of-my-life-s-many-mistakes-can-be-safely-put-down-to/)

[Donald James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-james/)

> [The goal of tyrants is tyranny, and the goal of tyranny is tyranny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-james/the-goal-of-tyrants-is-tyranny-and-the-goal-of-tyranny-is-tyranny/)

[Donald James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-james/)

> [That got me a look so intense I was unable to interpret it - like the way cats sometimes fix on you. What they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-james/that-got-me-a-look-so-intense-i-was-unable-to-interpret-it-like-the/)

[Donald James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-james/)

> [The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-james/the-ideal-tyranny-is-that-which-is-ignorantly-self-administered-by-3/)

[Donald James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-james/)

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