This focus on money and power may do wonders in the marketplace, but it creates a tremendous crisis in our society. People… — Michael Lerner Copy Share Image
But I am mistaken in speaking of a Christian republic; the terms are mutually exclusive. Christianity preaches only servitude and dependence. Its… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
By "trampling upon the helpless abroad" with unchecked surveillance, Americans have learned, "by a natural process, to endure with apathy the like… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The freest form of government is only the least objectionable form. The rule of the many by the few we call tyranny:… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
I am what I have always been: the last Renaissance man, if I may be allowed to say so. — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perennially rejuvenated illusions. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Have we the courage and the will to face up to the immorality and discrimination of the progressive tax, and demand a… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The protection of the masses has in all times been the pretense of tyranny - the plea of monarchy, of aristocracy, of… — Henry George Copy Share Image
“Free speech is the antidote to tyranny, a powerful force that dismantles the walls of oppression and allows the sunlight of scrutiny… — James William Steven Parker Copy Share Image
Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it… — Pericles Copy Share Image
[Mikhail Bakunin] expectations were generally confirmed, including his prediction that some would seek to gain state power on the backs of popular… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The pro-gun advocates point to the 2nd amendment of America's Constitution, citing Americans' right to bear arms as a protection against tyrants.… — Max Keiser Copy Share Image
The National Security Agency’s capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any… — Frank Church Copy Share Image
“The most devious and sinister acts of historical violence are always committed by tyrants with armies—not citizens with arms.” — Seth Daniel Parker Copy Share Image
Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible… — Steve Buyer Copy Share Image
The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Of old, the demagogue was also a general, and then democracies changed into tyrannies. Most of the ancient tyrants were originally demagogues.… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Speak against unconscious oppression, Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative, Speak against bonds. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
Photography... has lived under the tyranny of its subject matter: the object has exercised an almost total domination. — Joan Fontcuberta Copy Share Image
I know not why any one but a school boy in his declamation would whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
A great wave of oppressive tyranny isn't going to strike, but rather a slow seepage of oppressive laws and regulations from within… — George Baumler Copy Share Image