“The only way to keep your people loyal is to make certain they fear you more than they do the enemy.”— George R. R. Martin, Cersei Lannister, Lena Headey, imdb.com
“People think they have taken quite an extraordinarily bold step forward when they have rid themselves of belief in hereditary monarchy and swear by the democratic republic. In reality, however, the state is nothing but a machine for the oppression of one class by another, and indeed in the democrati…”— Friedrich Engels, en.wikiquote.org
“Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race—the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for safety's or comfort's sake, to stand well in his neighbor's eye. These institutions will always remain, and always flourish, and always oppress yo…”— Mark Twain, amazon.com