One must never compromise with tyrants. One can only strike at kings through the head. Nothing can be expected from European kings… — Georges Danton Copy Share Image
Fashion is a tyrant from which nothing frees us. We must suit ourselves to its fantastic tastes. But being compelled to live… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
According to the faith and mercy of his Christian enemies, [Chosroes] sunk without hope into a still deeper abyss [Hell]; and it… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Whenever all men are...hastening to be slaves or tyrants we make Liberalism the prime bogey. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is said to be the arena on which the battle of freedom is to be fought; but surely it cannot be… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free. — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
No tyranny is more cruel than the one practised in the shadow of the laws and under color of justice - when,… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Lacy had warned me about Drew the first day of school. Apparently the two of them had gone to some summer camp… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some… — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
Some have said that it is not the business of private men to meddle with government--a bold and dishonest saying, which is… — Cato the Younger Copy Share Image
A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
The power of the state is measured by the power that men surrender to it. — Felix Morley Copy Share Image
Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves. — Aesop Copy Share Image
People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue,… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
There has never been a humane communist regime. Marxism is inherently totalitarian. It recognizes no moral limits on the state. It’s the… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
Every one with this writ may be a tyrant in a legal manner, also may control, imprison, or murder any one within… — James Otis Copy Share Image
The only way to tyrantproof the presidency is not to elect tyrants to the presidency. — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
If you want a war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men are ever subject, because doctrines… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Is it not High Time for the People of this Country explicitly to declare, whether they will be Freemen or Slaves? It… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
