You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor. (Walter Bagehot)

You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.

Walter Bagehot

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