The art of revolutionizing and overturning states is to undermine esta…

Blaise Pascal
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The art of revolutionizing and overturning states is to undermine established customs, by going back to their origin, in order to mark their want of justice. ✨ Blaise Pascal, Henry Rogers, Victor Cousin, Charles Louandre (1859). The Thoughts, Letters and Opuscules of Blaise Pascal, p.184
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The art of revolutionizing and overturning states is to undermine established customs, by going back to their origin, in order to mark their want of justice. ✨ Blaise Pascal, Henry Rogers, Victor Cousin, Charles Louandre (1859). The Thoughts, Letters and Opuscules of Blaise Pascal, p.184

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