Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.

Denis Diderot
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  1. How had they met? By chance, like everybody else. What were there names? What's it to you? Where were they coming from? From the nearest place. Where were they going? Does anyone really know where they're going?

  2. Scepticism is the first step towards truth.

  3. One swallows the lie that flatters, but sips the bitter truth drop by drop.

  4. All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

  5. Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

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