Charles Sumner: “All this is natural, for tyranny is condemned to be consistent with…”

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All this is natural, for tyranny is condemned to be consistent with itself.

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Sumner asserts that tyranny must maintain consistency in its oppressive actions, revealing the inherent contradictions in systems of power.

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Charles Sumner: “All this is natural, for tyranny is condemned to be consistent with itself.”