Montesquieu well knew, and justly admired, the happy constitution of this country [Great Britain], where fixed and known laws equally restrain monarchy… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The Crucible became by far my most frequently produced play, both abroad and at home. Its meaning is somewhat different in different… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn "reasonable" and become your enemies, one quarter are afraid… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
Once I had a shrink who said, "Your parents are the fuel you run on," because I was raised in the tyranny… — John Waters Copy Share Image
In more than half the nations of our world, torture certifies that the form of government is tyranny. Only tyranny, no matter… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
I have seen the rise and fall of Nazi tyranny, the subsequent cold war and the nuclear nightmare that for fifty years… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty. All the stock in trade I possess is a $10,000 debt, incurred… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
“These definitions coincide with the terms which, since Greek antiquity, have been used to define the forms of government as the rule… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Judged by every standard which history has applied to Governments, the Soviet Government of Russia is one of the worst tyrannies that… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
What's more to do, Which would be planted newly with the time, As calling home our exiled friends abroad That fled the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
When you consider that God could have commanded anything he wanted--anything!--the Ten [Commandments] have got to rank as one of the great… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
When Hitler came for the Jews... I was not a Jew, therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics,… — Martin Niemoller Copy Share Image
From the time of the Revolutionary War, when citizens stood forward to defend their liberties against the depredations of tyranny. All the… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Now what is it moves our very hearts, and sickens us so much at cruelty shown to poor brutes? I suppose this… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
It is manifest that the only security against the tyranny of the government lies in forcible resistance to the execution of the… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
We are a nation founded as a rebuke to tyranny. A nation of revolutionaries who refused sovereign reign from afar. Hear me… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
The tyranny of Harvard and Yale is another thing that transcends this problem of the set point. But what's so striking about… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense… — Beverly Sills Copy Share Image
Let us hope our weapons are never needed - but do not forget what the common people of this nation knew when… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The transition from tyranny to democracy is very hard. The Syrian people have to handle this in a way that works in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I say that you cannot administer a wicked law impartially. You can only destroy. You can only punish. I warn you that… — Jerome Lawrence Copy Share Image
The human condition for the vast majority of people on this planet for the entire time of what humanity has been here… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It is the growing custom to narrow control, concentrate power, disregard and disenfranchise the public; and assuming that certain powers by divine… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
The dictator, in all his pride, is held in the grip of his party machine. He can go forward; he cannot go… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The ultimate check against government tyranny is an informed electorate who will elect people who believe in limited government. I don't want… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
Formerly, when a king died at Versailles the reign of his successor was immediately announced by the cry: "The king is dead,… — Maximilien Robespierre Copy Share Image
The movement of Pakistan which the Quaid-e-Azam launched was ethical in inspiration and ideological in content. The story of this movement is… — Fatima Jinnah Copy Share Image
The eyes of all our countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have their blessings and praises, if happily we are… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Orridon, all of our nations have been subject to the tyranny of the Dewar dynasty and the time has come to end… — Robert Reid Copy Share Image
Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
When every new wave of immigrants looked up and saw the Statue of Liberty, or knelt down and kissed the shores of… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Seditious libel is the doctrine that flourished in England during and after the Star Chamber. It is the hallmark of closed societies… — Harry Kalven Copy Share Image
In fact, our monthly trade deficit figure is so huge it equals the entire annual budget of our Department of Veterans Affairs.… — Marcy Kaptur Copy Share Image
It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles - the oppression of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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