No tyrant, however evil, has yet lacked ready hands to execute his most abominable will. To read how eagerly men have rushed to serve the despot is the bitterest, the saddest matter of history; it is the saddest sight in our own day.
The Complete Works of Richard Jefferies (18 Complete Works of Richard Jefferies Including After London, Amaryllis at the Fair, Bevis, The Life of the Fields, The Open Air, And More)