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How Tyrannical Governments Stifle Political Dissent

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2024
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history be the answer to this question.
– Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address [March 4, 1801]

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