Despotic Governments Quotes
- Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful by them, because… — Plato
- In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because… — Baron de Montesquieu
- The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. — George Mason
- But in all despotic governments, though a particular prince may favour arts and letter, there is a natural degeneracy of mankind. — Joseph Addison
- If it be said that the consent of the strongest party in a nation, is all that is necessary to justify the establishment of a… — Lysander Spooner
- Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force. — George Orwell