“(…) therefore all sovereign bodies within the nation will act against deeds of the government accompanied by secret revolts and conspiracies which the history is unfortunately full of; one cannot expect that its actions will change on their own because it remains within its vital interest to fascinate people with lies, fear of hell, bizarre dogmas and abstract or incomprehensible theological ideas (…)”

— Tadeusz Kościuszko

Letter to Adam Czartoryski (1814)
Source: „Kwartalnik Historyczny”, R. LXXII, nr 4, 1965

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