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Quote from Lucanus,


"The liberty of the people, he says, whom power restrains unduly, perishes through liberty.
[Lat., Libertas, inquit, populi quem regna coercent,
Libertate perit.]"


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Lucanus (more quotes by Lucanus or books by/about Lucanus)


[Marcus Annaeus Lucanus] (A.D. 39-65) Roman poet

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Liberty, Oppression, Power, Restraint

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