I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be… — Clara Barton Copy Share Image
We may well soon be subjected to anything that judges want to enforce… The result will be an enforced inability of the… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
all social relations exist and grow in the human mind. That one despot can rule over a million other men rests absolutely… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
If you're wondering how you'll find time, it means you don't really want to read. Because nobody's ever got time. Children certainly… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
There is no week, nor day, nor hour, when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their supreme… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
All students, members of the faculty, and public officials in both Mississippi and the Nation will be able, it is hoped, to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Look, if you have a problem with distilling the Battle of Thermopylae down to freedom versus tyranny, you need to read Herodotus… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
In the larger sense, however, the personal ownership of firearms is only secondarily a matter of defense against the criminal. Note the… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
People who disagree with His Excellency, the President for Life and 'Chief of Chiefs,' are frequently found to be the victims of… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
The young mouse's eyes snapped open, clear and bright. He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder. He… — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
To confound the tyranny of man there should exist for a century a third sex, both male and female, and stronger than… — Charles Fourier Copy Share Image
Our ultimate weapon is not our guns but our beliefs ... Ours are not Western values. They are the universal values of… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various powerful interests, combined in… — John C. Calhoun 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
The Founders understood that democracy was important, but if you didn't filter it through a republican system you'd be just as likely… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
If we look at the black record of mass murder, exploitation, and tyranny levied on society by governments over the ages, we… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
I belonged to a small minority of boys who were lacking in physical strength and athletic prowess. ... We found our refuge… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Therefore, in my incontrovertible capacity as plaintiff and defendant judge and accused, I condemn this nature, which has so brazenly and unceremoniously… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“The mass crushes out the insight and reflection that are still possible with the individual, and this necessarily leads to doctrinaire and… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
The very purpose of the Second Amendment is to stop the government from disallowing people the means to defend themselves against tyranny.… — Steve Stockman Copy Share Image
The world of demons, fallen Angels, is very real - a fact we need to know. We have to face up to… — Basilea Schlink Copy Share Image
The master minds of all nations, in all ages, have sprung in affluent multitude from the mass of the nations, and from… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
War provides an outlet for every evil element in man's nature. It enfranchises cupidity and greed gives a charter to petty tyranny,… — C. E. M. Joad Copy Share Image
Men are still men. The despot's wickedness Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,-- Comes of the purple he from childhood… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Unless the people can choose their leaders and rulers, and can revoke their choice at intervals long enough to test their measuresby… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Civil Society is a cluster of institutions and associations strong enough to prevent tyranny, but which are, none the less, entered and… — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
You could be in the United Nations office all night every night and still feel like you were not making a sufficient… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
When an administration embarks on a war justified by little or no intelligence, speaking the truth can be regarded as treachery. The… — Ray McGovern Copy Share Image
I'm not a "conservative" because I see precious little left in this world worth conserving. Playing defense, it seems to me, can… — Joseph Farah Copy Share Image
The people who kill and torture and tell lies in the name of their sacred causes, these are never the publicans and… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Mild speech is the best form of showing the Calmness of ones soul, Rough talk forms all types of unease for all… — A Gentlemen Copy Share Image
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