Despots Quotes

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One hundred and seventy-three despots would surely be as oppressive as one. — James Madison
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said any assumption that the US would not use force against North Korea would be a mistake. Such bellicosity frightens… — Ann Coulter
The orators and the despots have the least power in their cities ... since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though… — Plato
The Principle of Uncertainty fixed once for all the realisation that all knowledge is limited. It is an irony of history that at the very… — Jacob Bronowski
The peoples owe all political rights and privileges which we enjoy today in greater or lesser measure, not to the good will of their governments,… — Rudolf Rocker
Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him. — Charles Fourier
Iâ€™m thinking of a God very different from the God of the Christian and far and away from the God of Islam, because both are… — Antony Flew
Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous. — William Wells Brown
Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to… — Lajos Kossuth
Providence has given the United States the duty of extending Christian civilization. We come as ministering angels, not despots. — Knute Nelson
In historical fact, all of history's despots, combined, never managed to get things done as well as this rambunctious, self-critical civilization of free and sovereign… — David Brin
The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well. — Walter Lippmann
Despots play their part in the works of thinkers. Fettered words are terrible words. The writer doubles and trebles the power of his writing when… — Victor Hugo
There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There… — Oscar Wilde
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states. — Demosthenes
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots -… — Demosthenes
Despots and democratic majorities are drunk with power. — Ludwig von Mises
It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order. — Thomas Jefferson
History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. — Robert Kiyosaki
Enlightened despots are mythical creatures; real despots seem more interested in stealing money or installing their sons after them. — Elliott Abrams

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