Each man too is a tyrant in tendency, because he would impose his idea on others; and their trick is their natural… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
At that moment, in the sunset on Watership Down, there was offered to General Woundwort the opportunity to show whether he was… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, For Freedom only deals the deadly blow; Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
There are only two possible forms of control: one internal and the other external; religious control and political control. They are of… — Juan Donoso Cortes Copy Share Image
People who denounce the free market and voluntary exchange, and are for control and coercion, believe they have more intelligence and superior… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation,… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
The Principle of Uncertainty fixed once for all the realisation that all knowledge is limited. It is an irony of history that… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
If we start creating our own maps, our own world, our own vision, then there's no way for the cultural tyrants to… — Alex Jones Copy Share Image
“A King, by disallowing Acts of this salutary nature, from being the father of his people, degenerated into a Tyrant and forfeits… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Try this thought experiment. Pretend you're a tyrant. Among your many liberty-destroying objectives are extermination of blacks, Jews and Catholics. Which would… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants willing to be dethroned. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
He that by harshness of nature rules his family with an iron hand is as truly a tyrant as he who misgoverns… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The master minds of all nations, in all ages, have sprung in affluent multitude from the mass of the nations, and from… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Power lies in reason, resolution, and truth. No matter how long the tyrant endures, he will be the loser at the end. — Khalil Copy Share Image
Our teachers were absolute tyrants. They had no sympathy with youth; their one object was to stuff our brains and turn us… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If Obama's a tyrant, then he's pretty lame for a tyrant. How many tyrants do you know that really suffer because they… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The president, who finds so much to complain about in other areas of the world, apparently saw nothing wrong in recognizing a… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
We, Seth, Emperor of Azania, Chief of Chiefs of Sakuyu, Lord of Wanda and Tyrant of the Seas, Bachelor of the Arts… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
How many does it take to metamorphose wickedness into righteousness? One man must not kill. If he does, it is murder.... But… — Adin Ballou Copy Share Image
