Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords. — John Sterling Copy Share Image
This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues,Was once thought honest. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Industrialism, whether of the capitalist or socialist coloration, is the basic tyrant of the modern age. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants. — Bertrand Barere Copy Share Image
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as… — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
There was promulgation of false propaganda by the administration about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. There was promulgation… — Jimmy Carter 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 nation is in a death-struggle. It must either become one vast slaveocracy of petty tyrants, or wholly the land of the… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
Modern man no longer regards Nature as in any sense divine and feels perfectly free to behave toward her as an overweening… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
It has always happened that tyrants, in order to strengthen their power, have made every effort to train their people not only… — Etienne de La Boetie Copy Share Image
Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants. — Peter Kreeft 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 child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, because they are tyrants, ignore natural gifts and say… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
We know what the birth of a revolution looks like: A student stands before a tank. A fruit seller sets himself on… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a Country. As nations can not… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Ignorant, unconscious and dishonourable part of a society want and like kings, dictators, padishahs and all sort of despots; educated, conscious and… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
It is asserted by most respectable writers upon our government, that a well-regulated militia, composed of the yeomanry of the country, have… — John L. DeWitt Copy Share Image
[Slave] trade ... is the most shocking violation of the law of nature, has a direct tendency to diminish ... liberty, and… — James Otis Copy Share Image
Is it not high time for the people of this country to explicitly declare whether they will be free men or slaves.… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
the greater the bureaucratization of public life, the greater will be the attraction of violence. In a fully developed bureaucracy there is… — Hannah Arendt 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
Civilization after civilization, it is the same. The world falls to tyranny with a whisper. The frightened are ever keen to bow… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
All men are equal and free: society by nature, and destination, is therefore autonomous and ungovernable. If the sphere of activity of… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
“[Norm said,] 'To all those who argue this war is a mistake, I'd like to point out that we've removed from power… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
![“[Slave] trade ... is the most shocking violation of the law of nature, has a direct tendency to diminish ... liberty, and makes every dealer in it a tyrant, from the director of an African company to the petty chapman [peddler]… It is a clear truth, that those who every day barter away other men's…” quote by James Otis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/james-otis-16854_business_slave-trade-is-the-most-shocking-violati_2681531.jpg)
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