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Tyranny is therefore armed against them with a greater variety of weapons than are found in its ordinary stores.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Tyranny is therefore armed against them with a greater variety of weapons than are found in its ordinary stores.”
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Burke asserts that tyranny possesses a diverse array of methods to oppress individuals within a caste system.
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