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Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.
Conscience
Michel Foucault

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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
Liberty
Thomas Jefferson

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Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.
Bureaucracy
Mary Mccarthy

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The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
Custom
John Stuart Mill

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What ever crushes individuality is despotism, no matter what name it is called.
Individuality
John Stuart Mill

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Religions are the cradles of despotism.
Religion
Marquis De Sade

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Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.
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Daniel Webster

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Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things.
Despotism
Oscar Wilde

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun