Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity. The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
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A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.
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Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
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I'm the lamest lame duck there could be.
I'm the lamest lame duck there could be.
