A serious adult story must be true to something in life. Since marvel tales cannot be true to the events of life,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I stay balanced by remembering to prioritize. What is most important should never be railroaded by the "tyranny of the urgent." — Maria Canals Barrera Copy Share Image
I say that you cannot administer a wicked law impartially. You can only destroy. You can only punish. I warn you that… — Jerome Lawrence Copy Share Image
How far does one combine resistance to over-control with social justice, i.e. tolerable living for people in general? We are too selfish… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
Drug offenses ... may be regarded as the prototypes of non-victim crimes today. The private nature of the sale and use of… — John Kaplan Copy Share Image
It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Conquest, tyranny, treachery, and the clash of cultures bring about corrupt societies, and so does old age. Sometimes the five faces of… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
I think Jorge Borges said that when Argentineans die they turn into angels and go and live in Uruguay. But for the… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
It is the growing custom to narrow control, concentrate power, disregard and disenfranchise the public; and assuming that certain powers by divine… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Long time men lay oppress'd with slavish fear Religion's tyranny did domineer ... At length a mighty one of Greece began To… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Our flag is a proud flag, and it stands for liberty and civilization. Where it has once floated, there must be no… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The church of this country is not only indifferent to the wrongs of the slave, it actually takes sides with the oppressors....… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
It's not racism per se but the tyranny of normalcy - no: the tyranny of attractive normalcy. Which leads to loveable white… — Sandra Tsing Loh Copy Share Image
Democracy, which began by liberating man politically, has developed a dangerous tendency to enslave him through the tyranny of majorities and the… — Ludwig Lewisohn Copy Share Image
Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom, security, and the enjoyment of opportunity. — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded. It is a doctrine alike of the oldest and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Our laws are ultimately all that protect us from tyranny, and before them we are all equal - prime ministers and private… — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
Nor is the guilt entirely with the warmongers, plutocrats and demagogues. If people permit exploitation and regimentation in any name, they deserve… — Jack Parsons Copy Share Image
The Crucible became by far my most frequently produced play, both abroad and at home. Its meaning is somewhat different in different… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
Tyranny is tyranny, no matter what its form; the free man will resist it if his courage serves. — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
