Shakespeare wrote great poetry and preposterous plays. Who really cares, for example, which petty tyrant rules Milan? Or who succeeds to the… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
That slow poison [slavery] is daily contaminating the minds and morals of our people. Every gentlemen here is born a petty tyrant,… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. — George Mason Copy Share Image
The nation is in a death-struggle. It must either become one vast slaveocracy of petty tyrants, or wholly the land of the… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
Under the present dispensation, the great majority of factories are little despotisms, benevolent in some cases, malevolent in others. Even where benevolence… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a Country. As nations can not… — George Mason Copy Share Image