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“إننا نرفض المستبد العادل، لأن أي مستبد في الدنيا لا يمكن أن يكون عادلاً، فالإستبداد هو أحد معاني الظلم والطغيان الجبروت”
― أفكار ممنوعة
― أفكار ممنوعة
“In fact, the age of the Tyrants is the scene of a religious renaissance which on all sides throws up new ecstatic confessions of faith, new secret cults and new sects; but at first these develop underground and do not as yet reach the light of art. Thus we no longer find art being commissioned and stimulated by religion, but, on the contrary, we find in this period religious zeal being inspired by the increased skill of the artist.”
― The Social History of Art, Volume 1: From Prehistoric Times to the Middle Ages
― The Social History of Art, Volume 1: From Prehistoric Times to the Middle Ages
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.”
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“An empty throne is a dangerous one but a throne in the wrong persons hands is a destructive one so I prefer and empty one rather than having a tyrant”
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“كل حاكم مستبد ادعى أنه يعطل الحريات ليغني الناس، ولم يحدث مرة واحدة أن إغتنى شعب في ظل طغيان أو إرتفع مستوى الناس في عهد ديكتاتوري”
― أفكار ممنوعة
― أفكار ممنوعة
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