"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold…" — Edmund Burke

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Tout ce dont la tyrannie a besoin pour prendre pied c'est que les gens de bonne conscience restent silencieux

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“All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing”

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