Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular.
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The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
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It is with regret that I pronounce the fatal truth Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens Louis must die that the country may live
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Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil.
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Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.
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