No one escapes when freedom fails.
The best men rot in filthy jails,
and those who cried, “Appease, appease!”
are hanged by those they tried to please.
(source unknown by me)
“The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.”
John Adams
“and those who cried, “Appease, appease!”
are hanged by those they tried to please.
(source unknown by me)”
The source was one who cried “Appease”, I’d have to think.