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"Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things."

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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.

— Edward Gibbon

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Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.

— Honore de Balzac

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