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Re:Why Cancel Tchaikovsky? by restore_creole_ on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @12:23PM (#32997507)
> “When I am Weaker Thn You, I ask you for Freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am Stronger than you, I take away your Freedom Because that is according to my principles.”

- Frank Herbet, Children of Dune

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Re:Why Cancel Tchaikovsky? by tablespoon on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @03:49PM (#33000248)
I was wondering what the context of that quote was, but I found this:

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Louis_Veuillot

> Misattributed to Veuillot in Children of Dune (1976) by Frank Herbert: "When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles."

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