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The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resist it. Anonymous points out that oppression can make people cynical or silent, and that freedom feels like a forbidden fruit once tasted. He also reminds us that checks and balances are ancient tools against abuse.

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The enemy is a very good teacher.

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“Tyranny over the mind is the most complete and most brutal type of tyranny; every other tyranny begins and ends with it.”

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Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

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“The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resist it.” - John Hay”

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“John Stuart Mill declared that tyranny makes men cynical. He did not know that a Republic makes them silent.”

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There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

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“... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!”

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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

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We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.

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But even quashed rebellions leave us different. Because freedom may be a forbidden fruit in tyrannies, but once tasted, it is unforgettable.

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In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most…

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“In reality, though, the first thing to ask of history is that it should point out to us the paths of liberty.…

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The Conservative does not despise government. He despises tyranny. This is precisely why the Conservative reveres the Constitution and insists on adherence…

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I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle… Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims…

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A great wave of oppressive tyranny isn't going to strike, but rather a slow seepage of oppressive laws and regulations from within…

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The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in the recent history of humankind; but it…

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So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants…

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Off goes the head of the king, and tyranny gives way to freedom. The change seems abysmal. Then, bit by bit, the…

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A revolution without a prior reformation would collapse or become a totalitarian tyranny. A reformation means that masses of our people have…

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Whoever has experienced the power and the unrestrained ability to humiliate another human being automatically loses his own sensations. Tyranny is a…

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The principle of compulsory service, embodied in the system of conscription, lias been the means by which modem dictators and military gangs…

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The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller…

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It seemed to me that all things were possible on the island, all tyrannies and cruelties, though in small; and if, in…

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I take criticism so seriously as to believe that, even in the midst of a battle in which one is unmistakably on…

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Margaret Thatcher was a 20th century visionary who understood the power of individual freedom versus the tyranny of government collectivism. She was…

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Only yesterday I was no different than them, yet I was saved. I am explaining to you the way of life of…

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The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen…

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“We just can't trust the American people to make those types of choices… Government has to make those choices for people.”

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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly.

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“But as I make the laws here, I can also break them. With impunity. . . Which I'm afraid you CAN'T do.”

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It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available.

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Tyranny is usually tempered with assassination, and Democracy must be tempered with culture. In the absence of this, it turns into a…

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And wherever men are fighting against barbarism, tyranny, and massacre, for freedom, law, and honour, let them remember that the fame of…

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The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human…

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The transition from tyranny to democracy is very hard. The Syrian people have to handle this in a way that works in…

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We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That…

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Of all injustice, that is the greatest which goes under the name of law; and of all sorts of tyranny the forcing…

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The wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt. It is no good to cry out after…

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Judicial activists are nothing short of radicals in robes--contemptuous of the rule of law, subverting the Constitution at will, and using their…

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A public-school system, if it means the providing of free education for those who desire it, is a noteworthy and beneficent achievement…

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