“The people must not be counted upon; they cry indifferently : "Long live the King!" and "Long live the Conspirators!" a proper direction must be given to them, and proper instruments employed to effect it.”

Source: Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848), p. 246

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