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“I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
― Steelheart
― Steelheart

“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.”
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“And when I found your flesh did not resist,
It was the living spirit that I kissed.”
― The Selected Poems Of Yvor Winters
It was the living spirit that I kissed.”
― The Selected Poems Of Yvor Winters

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