"A Republic, if you can keep it." — Benjamin Franklin

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• A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from… — Aristotle
• Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
• Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
• Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
• I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
• Anger cannot be dishonest. — Marcus Aurelius
• A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. — Francis Bacon
• The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the… — Lord Acton
• Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. — Douglas Bader
• The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies… — Edward Abbey
• Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease. — Daniel Barenboim
• The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire. — Dave Barry

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