Gore Vidal
Writer, Essayist, Playwright
"Traitors who prevail are patriots; usurpers who succeed are divine emperors."
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Usurpers
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Voltaire
Philosopher, Writer
"Opinion is called the queen of the world; it is so, for when reason opposes it, it is condemned to death. It must rise twenty times from its ashes to gradually drive away the usurper."
Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"My plea is for banishing the English language as a cultural usurper, as we successfully banished the political rule of the English usurper."
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