Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyrann…

George Santayana
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Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them. ✨ George Santayana (1995). Dominations and Powers: Reflections on Liberty, Society, and Government, p.65, Transaction Publishers
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Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them. ✨ George Santayana (1995). Dominations and Powers: Reflections on Liberty, Society, and Government, p.65, Transaction Publishers

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