Who said “Tyrants seldom want pretexts.”?

“Tyranny is always better organised than freedom.”

“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.”

“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”

“So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly rise and make them miserable.”

“Death is softer by far than tyranny.”

“To innovate is not to reform.”

“Ambition can creep as well as soar.”

“Custom reconciles us to everything.”

“Laws, like houses, lean on one another.”

“You can never plan the future by the past.”

“Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.”