Quote:
When the government violates the rights of the people, insurrection is for the people the most sacred of the rights and the most essential of the duties.
-- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789.
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Be careful citizen, those thoughts can get you arrested.
When it comes down to it, the ruling establishment will try and do whatever it takes to remain in power. If a "state of emergency" can be imposed by decree, then it was always in effect, but ignored.