I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression. — Marjane Satrapi 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
For those who practise tyranny and deprive others of their rights, I will be harsh and stern, but for those who follow… — Umar Copy Share Image
There is a worse tyranny than that of ill-treatment. It is the tyranny of tears, vapours, appeals to feelings of affection and… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The fundamental force behind the Second Amendment is to empower the people and give them the greatest measure of authority over the… — Bob Schaffer Copy Share Image
We must heed the call of action and, with courageous steps and humble hearts, work against tyranny. — Dana Loesch Copy Share Image
“What is the greater good but tyranny’s chameleon? For eons it has changed skins to sate the current ruler’s hunger for political… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
The ultimate tyranny in a society is not control by martial law. It is control by the psychological manipulation of consciousness, through… — Barbara Marciniak Copy Share Image
Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Woe is the mind of the common man, so easily controlled by the prospect of an ambition never to be truly attained.… — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
You've got to rattle your cage door. You've got to let them know that you're in there, and that you want out.… — Florynce Kennedy Copy Share Image
Every Fourth of July, our Declaration of Independence is produced, with a sublime indignation, to set forth the tyranny of the mother… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
If you have but a single ruler, you lie at the discretion of a master who has no reason to love you:… — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Copy Share Image
I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The first who attracts the eye, the first in enlightenment, in power and in happiness, is the white man, the European, man… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
There is something more important than any ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position-the position of total control over Earth that lies… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
“I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength… — Norman Moss 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
It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Thus, cases of injustice, and oppression, and tyranny, and the most extravagant bigotry, are in constant occurrence among us every day. It… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The United States remains the last best hope for a mankind plagued by tyranny and deprivation. America is no stronger than its… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is cold anarchy to say that all men are to meddle in all men'smarriages. It is cold anarchy to say that… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image