The greatness of non-violent resistance is that even as man is faced with tyranny, and the resulting suffering, he responds to hate… — Liu Xia Copy Share Image
Back then, things were plainer: less money, no electronic devices, little fashion tyranny, no girlfriends. There was nothing to distract us from… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Isreal was… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality. — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
“The best way to detect the destructive element in someone is to watch closely their behavioural pattern when given authority over poverty.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
No totalitarians, no wars, no fears, famines or perils of any kind can really break a man's spirit until he breaks it… — Edgar S. Brightman Copy Share Image
It is an essential tenet of our whole representative form of government, the idea that there should not be some tyranny which… — Todd Akin Copy Share Image
State authority can never be an end in itself; for, if that were so, any kind of tyranny would be inviolable and… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Its authors meant it to be... a stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn a free people… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A startup is the largest endeavor over which you can have definite mastery. You can have agency not just over your own… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
There is simply no room left for 'freedom from the tyranny of government' since city dwellers depend on it for food, power,… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even especially - those who are the worst of… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
This is a sickness rooted and inherent in the nature of a tyranny: that he that holds it does not trust his… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
In France, I guess there's something like a tyranny in mentalities - we accept success badly, beauty, money. People are certainly envious,… — Emmanuelle Seigner Copy Share Image
“I read once, and I wished I could remember where, that Brave was a place. You could just go there if you… — Katherine Locke Copy Share Image
You could be in the United Nations office all night every night and still feel like you were not making a sufficient… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
The tumultuous populace of large cities are ever to be dreaded. Their indiscriminate violence prostrates for the time all public authority, and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I am confident that in the end freedom and democracy will prevail over terror and tyranny. We will win this war on… — Doc Hastings Copy Share Image
Why should I fear death? If I am, then death is not. If Death is, then I am not. Why should I… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Self-love is the love of a man's own self, and of everything else for his own sake. It makes people idolaters to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man. Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force? Are… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In my earliest of years, my mother was a huge force in my life. She was for all intents and purposes, a… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Having principled men and women in office is how you protect yourself from tyranny, and that was something I learned from when… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
