No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it… There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If science produces no better fruits than tyranny... I would rather wish our country to be ignorant, honest and estimable as our… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
With society and its public, there is no longer any other language than that of bombs, barricades, and all that follows. — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
Any ideal system is its own worst enemy, and as soon as you start to implement these visions of grandeur, they just… — Ben Nicholson Copy Share Image
Beyond the barricades we long to see a Hong Kong free from tyranny and a puppet government. — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation… — George C. Wallace Copy Share Image
The promises of pie-in-the-sky liberal environmentalists that we can convert to 'clean' energy sources and stimulate our economy are based on dubious… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Citizenship has been out of fashion for some decades in our country, but now it is back in fashion. Weekends are for… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I don't think I've had a very interesting life, and I feel that is a great liberation. That gives me great freedom… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is true that liberty is not free, nor is it easy. But tyranny - even varying degrees of it - is… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The protection of the masses has in all times been the pretense of tyranny - the plea of monarchy, of aristocracy, of… — Henry George Copy Share Image
Is it not high time for the people of this country to explicitly declare whether they will be free men or slaves.… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Whoever has experienced the power and the unrestrained ability to humiliate another human being automatically loses his own sensations. Tyranny is a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A utopian system, when established by men, is likely to be synonymous with a dystopian depression. The only way for perfect peace… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“...and I sometimes think that the fading out of the individual personality is what one should desire, not the status of a… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears,… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
As long as a population can be induced to believe in a supernatural hereafter, it can be oppressed and controlled. People will… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Laws just or unjust may govern men's actions. Tyrannies may restrain or regulate their words. The machinery of propaganda may pack their… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Off goes the head of the king, and tyranny gives way to freedom. The change seems abysmal. Then, bit by bit, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The so-called literature of escape, with its growing popularity, is in part a revolt against the tyranny of clocks. — Roy Bedichek Copy Share Image
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Beware of the tyranny of making small changes to small things. Rather, make big changes to big things. — Roger Enrico Copy Share Image
“Every manmade disaster begins when one man thinks for another. However benevolent they begin, the ultimate outcome is tyranny.” — John Kramer Copy Share Image
Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Copy Share Image
He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. The tyranny of the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I said, 'George, if you really want to end tyranny in this world, you're going to have to stay up later.' Nine… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
The fear that individuality will be crushed out by the growing 'tyranny' of standardization is the sort of myth which cannot withstand… — Walter Gropius Copy Share Image
“If that's the case, waiter, please bring me another piece of cake," Gramps said as lunch was brought to the table, "I'm… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
“With every drop of my blood I hate and execrate every form of tyranny, every form of slavery. I hate dictation. I… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is not easy for a person to do any great harm when his tenure of office is short, whereas long possession… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
You can't escape your own period. Whether you take sides for or against, you're always in it. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
