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  • Two forms of government are favorable to the prevalence of falsehood and deceit. Under a Despotism, men are false, treacherous, and deceitful through fear, like slaves dreading the lash. Under a Democracy they are so as a means of attaining popularity and office, and because of the greed for wealth.

    Albert Pike “Morals and Dogma : Scottish Rite in Freemasonry”, Lulu.com