Tyrannical Quotes

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The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently… — John C. Calhoun
Government has hardened into a tyrannical monopoly, and the human race in general becomes as absolutely property as beasts in the plow. — John Dickinson
When a nation has allowed itself to fall under a tyrannical regime, it cannot be absolved from the faults due to the guilt of that… — Winston Churchill
We grow tyrannical fighting tyranny. . . . The most alarming spectacle today is not the spectacle of the atomic bomb in an unfederated world,… — Elwyn Brooks White
English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may be as tyrannical as… — James Anthony Froude
We have been living amidst one of the great revolutions of human history, and we hardly know it: the penetration of the State into every… — Joseph Sobran
The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty. — Ludwig von Mises
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth… — John Stuart Mill
Government is at best a petulant servant and at worst a tyrannical master. — George Washington
Intellectual and cultural freedom is the most important single precondition for the breakdown of the kinds of tyrannical and totalitarian systems that periodically threaten us. — James H. Billington
If you feel driven to feed the poor, get your checkbook out and keep your tyrannical mouth shut about it. — Lewis Goldberg
The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical. — Henry George
Tyranny seldom announces itself...In fact, a tyranny may exist without an individual tyrant. A whole government, even a democratically elected one, may be tyrannical. — Joseph Sobran
Give them a corrupt House of Lords, give them a venal House of Commons, give they a tyrannical Prince, give them a truckling court, and… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe, which serve to support tyrannical governments, are not the Christian religion, but abuses and corruptions of it. The religion of… — Noah Webster
If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it… — Alexander Hamilton
Hawks favor war on the grounds that Saddam Hussein is reckless, tyrannical and instinctively aggressive, and that if he comes into possession of nuclear weapons… — Charles Krauthammer
When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right… — Alexander Hamilton
The call to wage war against America was made because America has spear-headed the crusade against the Islamic nation, sending tens of thousands of its… — Osama bin Laden
We declared jihad against the US government, because the US government is unjust, criminal and tyrannical. It has committed acts that are extremely unjust, hideous… — Osama bin Laden
This is in addition to our having experience in using guerrilla warfare and the war of attrition to fight tyrannical superpowers, as we, alongside the… — Osama bin Laden
I think forcing people to uncover their head is as tyrannical as forcing them to cover it. — Mustafa Akyol
We in America have learned bitter lessons from two world wars: It is better to be here [in Europe] ready to protect the peace, than… — Ronald Reagan
[A] mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which lead to a… — James Madison
When, for example, in the name of non-discrimination, people try to force the Catholic Church to change her position on homosexuality or the ordination of… — Pope Benedict XVI

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