You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of… — Walter Bagehot
You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.... Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
1856
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Bagehot, Walter. "The Character of Sir Robert Peel." The Best of Bagehot. Hamish Hamilton, 1993.
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Bagehot, Walter. "The Character of Sir Robert Peel." National Review, July 1856.
