An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.
There never yet has been a country which became powerful without knowledge. A man by his own strength alone cannot successfully combat a tiger, but by his intelligence, he can devise means to entrap him.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.
A tiger does not shout its tigritude, it acts.
Governments sometimes turn paranoid. And they fear things. And sometimes the thing they fear the most is the populace.
It is not that I don't have a fear of sharks, it is that I have a respect for them, so that I know any more than if I were to go into the jungle, I would have a fear of tigers, that I would try to lower the odds.
The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
There has to be absolute trust between the tiger and its master, but its master must be the master - there must be no mistake about that.
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