In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a General… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism, as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“First Afghanistan, now Iraq. So who's next? Syria? North Korea? Iran? Where will it all end?' If these illegal interventions are permitted… — Daniel Kofman Copy Share Image
Despotism, which we regard with abhorrence, is rather too plausible in decaying feudal, agrarian, pastoral societies. That's why we must expect to… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism. — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
Julian sincerely abhorred the system of oriental despotism which Diocletian, Constantine, and the patient habits of four score years, had established in… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
[ Alexis de] Tocqueville said it in 1835, and it's as true today as it was then: 'Despotism may govern without faith,… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
All modes of government are failures. Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things. Oligarchies… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
[O]ur sages in the great [constitutional] convention... intended our government should be a republic which differs more widely from a democracy than… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
“In History, stagnant waters, whether they be stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism. — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Tyranny and despotism can be exercised by many, more rigorously, more vigorously, and more severely, than by one. — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
If an angel should be winged from Heaven, on an errand of mercy to our country, the first accents that would glow… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
A long war almost always places nations in this sad alternative: that their defeat delivers them to destruction and their triumph to… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“There’s no English equivalent for silovik. It doesn’t translate succinctly because to create something as Machiavellian as a silovik requires both the… — Tanya Thompson Copy Share Image
When Michelle and I decided that I would run for President, it was because of a shared belief in the power of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I earnestly pray that the Omnipotent Being who has not deserted the cause of America in the hour of its extremest hazard,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages… — George Washington Copy Share Image
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