Quote by Herodotus

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to preserve oneself; but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny"

Herodotus Freedom
Historian Ancient Greece 484–425

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