“A man without a government is like a lion without a circus”

“A man without a government is like a lion without a circus” is a saying that has been printed on an image. “A man without a #government is like a lion without a circus. #auspol” was posted on Twitter by Isha Brown (and others) on August 15, 2013.
     
A lion doesn’t need to be trapped in a circus, and the saying means that man doesn’t need to be trapped by government.  Authorship of the saying is unknown; it possibly originated on the image.
   
       
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Isha Brown
@isha_brown
A man without a #government is like a lion without a circus. #auspol
4:44 AM · Aug 15, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Angel
@angel_cries
a man without a Government is like a lion without a circus!
4:50 AM · Aug 15, 2013·Twitter Web Client
   
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Sarkastik Observer ☭
@Sindelo_
‘A man without government is like a lion without a circus’
#Anarchy
5:09 AM · Aug 15, 2013·Mobile Web (M2)
   
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Sabin
@madnessmid
A man without a government is like a lion without a circus. #think
5:36 AM · Aug 15, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
   
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JoseLuis
@El_Strange
A Man without a Government, is like a Lion without a Circus.
4:48 PM · Aug 15, 2013·Twitter Web Client
   
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xristiana
@pr_xristiana
A man without a government is like a lion without a circus. #think http://fb.me/6ValwBWGB
6:58 PM · Jul 31, 2014·Facebook
   
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Fada Tshego
@Tshegomaredi
A man without a government is like a lion without a circus…
4:15 AM · Dec 27, 2018·Twitter for Android
 
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Sal the Agorist
@SallyMayweather
A MAN WITHOUT A GOVERNMENT, IS LIKE A ION WITHOUT A CIRCUS.
11:08 PM · Nov 5, 2020·Twitter for iPad
 
Sandra’s rose
@sandyxx__
Nov 5
Replying to @SallyMayweather and @DementedMinx
Lions aren’t actually meant to be in a circus