Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny, Paul said. They’re organize…

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Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny, Paul said. They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations. ✨ Frank Herbert (2008). Dune Messiah, p.54, Penguin
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