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“To make the people happy, lash them with guns. The great words are empty, the high-sounding ones, Fraternity, Justice, the Mission of France, Liberty, Progress, Human Rights, Tolerance; Socrates was mad; read Lelut and learn; Christ, demagogue with a socialist turn, Is much over-rated; the cannon is God, Paixhans is its prophet; Earth, throw up your sod! Man's ultimate aim is to learn how to kill. The sword is the way to keep the people still.” — Victor Hugo
To make the people happy, lash them with guns.
The great words are empty, the high-sounding ones,
Fraternity, Justice, the Mission of France,
Liberty, Progress, Human Rights, Tolerance;
Socrates was mad; read Lelut and learn;
Christ, demagogue with a socialist turn,
Is much over-rated; the cannon is God,
Paixhans is its prophet; Earth, throw up your sod!
Man's ultimate aim is to learn how to kill.
The sword is the way to keep the people still.