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To enslave men successfully and safely it is necessary to keep their minds occupied with thoughts and aspirations short of the liberty of which they are deprived.
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To make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man