Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its vic…

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Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.45, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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