There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you. (William Hazlitt)

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.

William Hazlitt

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