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Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to… — George Bernard Shaw

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Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.

George Bernard Shaw
1903
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Shaw, George Bernard. "Man and Superman: Maxims for Revolutionists." Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021, preface. Originally published by Archibald and Constable & Co., Ltd, 1903.

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