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Quote from Samuel Butler,


"Authority intoxicates,
And makes mere sots of magistrates;
The fumes of it invade the brain,
And make men giddy, proud and vain."


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Samuel Butler (more quotes by Samuel Butler or books by/about Samuel Butler)


(1835-1902) Victorian-era English author

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Authority, Government, Justice, Law, Power, Terrorism, Tyranny

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