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The freest form of government is only the least objectionable form. The rule of the many by the few we call tyranny: the rule of the few by the many is tyranny also only of a less intense kind.
Herbert Spencer
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Herbert Spencer
Born: 1824
Born: April 27
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Without painting, sculpture, music, poetry, and the emotions produced by natural beauty of every kind, life would lose half its charm.
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The child takes most of his nature of the mother, besides speech, manners, and inclination.
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