Against Tyranny Quotes

33 quotes by 26 authors

The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human… — Libba Bray
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Mr. President, passage of this bill will visit the heel of oppression on all the people, vitiate their constitutional shield against tyranny, and materially hasten… — Strom Thurmond
Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the government, and acts… — Thomas Jefferson
Let us hope our weapons are never needed -but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An… — Edward Abbey
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us… — Samuel Johnson
We all know that books burn, yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
There is a golden thread which runs through British history of the individual, standing firm against tyranny and then of the individual participating in his… — Gordon Brown
What bitter anguish would not the people of Athens have often escaped if their government had contained so provident a safeguard against tyranny of their… — Alexander Hamilton
Is the Reformed faith opposed to human rights? Yes, very much so. It is not human rights but Divine law which is the foundation of… — James B. Jordan
The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny — Georg Buchner
My brothers, seek counsel of one another, for therein lies the way out of error and futile repentance. The wisdom of the many is your… — Khalil Gibran
A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny. — Thomas Jefferson
From a generation that came of age during the Great Depression, millions of our country's best and bravest took up arms in a worldwide struggle… — Steve Buyer
Our heroes are fighting to bring stability to the Middle East, and they have put pressure on all of the tyrannies of the Middle East.… — Orrin Hatch
I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against… — Salman Rushdie
What many of those who oppose the use of juries in civil trials seem to ignore is that the founders of our Nation considered the… — William Rehnquist
[T]he main evil of the present democratic institutions of the united states does not raise, as is often asserted in Europe, from their weakness, but… — Alexis de Tocqueville
We're here to mark that day in history when the Allied peoples joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For four long years,… — Ronald Reagan
The unsuccessful strugglers against tyranny have been the chief martyrs of treason laws in all countries. — Thomas Jefferson

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