Jealousy is a virtue of democracies which preserves them from tyrants. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny. — Zell Miller Copy Share Image
How can tyrants safely govern home, Unless abroad they purchase great alliance. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Against the persecution of a tyrant the godly have no remedy but prayer. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I would rather be my own tyrant than have someone else tyrannize me. — Henry Flagler Copy Share Image
Ancient art was the tyrant of Egypt, the mistress of Greece and the servant of Rome. — Henry Fuseli Copy Share Image
Death is the ultimate weapon of the tyrant; resurrection does not make a covenant with death, it overthrows it. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Never in these long years have we offered any other prayer but this: Lord, grant to our people peace at home, and… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The people cannot be all, and always well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The tyrant now Trusts not to men: nightly within his chamber The watch-dog guards his couch, the only friend He now dare… — Joanna Baillie Copy Share Image
The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me, And I cannot, cannot… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
“Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“But now I am beginning to understand we all become tyrants beneath our own roof slates. Or maybe we don't; maybe it's… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation,… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a… — Peter DeFazio Copy Share Image
Fashion is a tyrant from which nothing frees us. We must suit ourselves to its fantastic tastes. But being compelled to live… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“Their successors, instead of ruling for the good of their subjects, tyrannize for their own; and they met with the fate of… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
Human beings today are surrounded by huge institutions we can never penetrate: the City, the banking system, political and advertising conglomerates, vast… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The educated ones leave, the ones with the potential to right the wrongs. They leave the weak behind. The tyrants continue to… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I have long been convinced that the idea of liberty is abhorrent to most human beings. What they want is security, not… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Try this thought experiment. Pretend you're a tyrant. Among your many liberty-destroying objectives are extermination of blacks, Jews and Catholics. Which would… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
In former days, men sold themselves to the Devil to acquire magical powers. Nowadays they acquire those powers from science, and find… — Bertrand Russell 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
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
Civilization after civilization, it is the same. The world falls to tyranny with a whisper. The frightened are ever keen to bow… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
America is said to be the arena on which the battle of freedom is to be fought; but surely it cannot be… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
All men are equal and free: society by nature, and destination, is therefore autonomous and ungovernable. If the sphere of activity of… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
