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

— Charles de Secondat

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

— Anonymous

“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice. (Cambridge University…

— Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

— Edmund Burke

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that…

— Oscar Wilde

Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.

— Thomas Jefferson

Tyranny is Tyranny, let it come from whom it may.

— Howard Zinn

“Tyranny is a form of perversion. We come to love it. Every government is a tyranny to a degree, and the more evil it…

— Geoff Ryman

The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.

— Edmund Burke

Of all tyrannies a country can suffer, the worst is the tyranny of the majority.

— William Inge

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

— Benjamin Franklin

A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection.

— Crystal Eastman