Tyrannies are overthrown by ideas. Armies are defeated by…

No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Of all tyrannies a country can suffer, the worst is the tyranny of the majority.

— William Inge

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.

— Thomas Paine

“Democracies accept certain risks that tyrannies do not”

— Bruce Fein

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.

— George Orwell

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it. The…

— Thomas Paine

In past history popularly elected governments have been no better and sometimes far worse than overt tyrannies.

— Robert A. Heinlein

Of all the tyrannies that effect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we…

— Thomas Paine

We don't live in tyrannies, you know, the king doesn't decide what's legitimate, and there's much more freedom than there was in the past.

— Noam Chomsky

Of all the tyrannies which have usurped power over humanity, few have been able to enslave the mind and body as imperiously as drug…

— Freda Adler

“sound historians know that most tyrannies have been possible because men moved too late”

— G.K. Chesterton

The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we…

— Thomas Paine

But even quashed rebellions leave us different. Because freedom may be a forbidden fruit in tyrannies, but once tasted, it is unforgettable.

— Anonymous

Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind.

— John Dryden