'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely abused by the wily and the despotic… — Alexis De Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The idea that laws don't apply to the law-makers is for despotic regimes. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
But in all despotic governments, though a particular prince may favour arts and letter, there is a natural degeneracy of mankind. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Moral qualities rule the world, but at short distances the senses are despotic. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Wealth held by a class and used ambitiously becomes as despotic as an absolute monarchy, and has in its hands manners, customs,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
Clearly if the United States' relationship with Cuba changed, which would require a regime change inside Cuba, if Cuba moved towards a… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
“He looks as if he were three or four; looks just like one of those unapproachable, incomprehensible, willful little prehuman creatures, who… — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
“There are two ways of life, one leading to righteousness, which brings happiness, and the other to unrighteousness, which produces misery. One… — Arthur Findlay Copy Share Image
