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Madame la Guillotine is the younger sister, the ideological sibling of the 2nd Amendment; both were conceived of a need to purge overbearing governments. – A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
It’s a relief. I’m not going to say otherwise, we were strung up on the guillotine, waiting. – Bruno Margolle	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Praying mantis cuts off the male's head. Guillotine: the erection of crowds. (Mante religieuse coupe la tête du mâle. Guillotine: l'érection des foules) – Charles de LEUSSE	added by anonymous 3 years ago
What I think we ought to do is bring the guillotine back, we could have public executions and have, you know, we could even have (guessing) which hole it falls in. – The Republican governor	Found on CNN 8 years ago
A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light. – Franz Kafka	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals -- With no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff. – Clare Boothe Luce	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The common good of a collective -- a race, a class, a state -- was the claim and justification of every tyranny ever established over men. Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. Has any act of selfishness ever equaled the carnage perpetrated by disciples of altruism? Does the fault lie in men's hypocrisy or in the nature of the principle? The most dreadful butchers were the most sincere. The believed in the perfect society reached through the guillotine and the firing squad. Nobody questioned their right to murder since they were murdering for an altruistic purpose. It was accepted that man must be sacrificed for other men. Actors change, but the course of the tragedy remains the same. A humanitarian who starts with the declarations of love for mankind and ends with a sea of blood. It goes on and will go on so long as men believe that an action is good if it is unselfish. That permits the altruist to act and forces his victims to bear it. The leaders of collectivist movements ask nothing of themselves. But observe the results. – Ayn Rand	added by anonymous 10 years ago

Madame la Guillotine is the younger sister, the ideological sibling of the 2nd Amendment; both were conceived of a need to purge overbearing governments.

– A.E. Samaan

added by AlvaroSiman
1 year ago

It’s a relief. I’m not going to say otherwise, we were strung up on the guillotine, waiting.

– Bruno Margolle

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Praying mantis cuts off the male's head. Guillotine: the erection of crowds. (Mante religieuse coupe la tête du mâle. Guillotine: l'érection des foules)

– Charles de LEUSSE

added by anonymous
3 years ago

What I think we ought to do is bring the guillotine back, we could have public executions and have, you know, we could even have (guessing) which hole it falls in.

– The Republican governor

Found on CNN
8 years ago

A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.

– Franz Kafka

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals -- With no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.

– Clare Boothe Luce

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The common good of a collective -- a race, a class, a state -- was the claim and justification of every tyranny ever established over men. Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. Has any act of selfishness ever equaled the carnage perpetrated by disciples of altruism? Does the fault lie in men's hypocrisy or in the nature of the principle? The most dreadful butchers were the most sincere. The believed in the perfect society reached through the guillotine and the firing squad. Nobody questioned their right to murder since they were murdering for an altruistic purpose. It was accepted that man must be sacrificed for other men. Actors change, but the course of the tragedy remains the same. A humanitarian who starts with the declarations of love for mankind and ends with a sea of blood. It goes on and will go on so long as men believe that an action is good if it is unselfish. That permits the altruist to act and forces his victims to bear it. The leaders of collectivist movements ask nothing of themselves. But observe the results.

– Ayn Rand

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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