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The greatest obstacle to liberty is not the existence of evil rulers, but the belief in the existence of good rulers.
The greatest obstacle to liberty is not the existence of evil rulers, but the belief in the existence of good rulers.
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- Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski
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