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Where the law ends tyranny begins. — Henry Fielding
Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. — Aeschylus
The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth. — William J. Clinton
The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it. — John Hay
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
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and… — Thomas Jefferson
Attempting to satisfy the passions that rage inside us and the longings that motivate us, we invent spirituality, lean on political solutions, create new villains,… — Ravi Zacharias
Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership is leadership. If you seek to lead, invest at least 50% of your time… — Dee Hock
The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on the constitutional structure… — Ayn Rand
Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their… — Barry Goldwater
A tyranny based on ... deception and maintained by terror must inevitably perish from the poison it generates within itself. — Albert Einstein
The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate themselves into the… — Michael Parenti
Resistance to tyranny is service to God. — James Madison
The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves. — Donald James
Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind. — John Dryden
To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to expect… — Samuel Johnson
I belonged to a small minority of boys who were lacking in physical strength and athletic prowess. ... We found our refuge in science. ...… — Freeman Dyson
It is impossible to read the history of the petty republics of Greece and Italy without feeling sensations of horror and disgust at the distractions… — Alexander Hamilton
Whenever a man believes that he has the exact truth from God, there is in that man no spirit of compromise. He has not the… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The Old Testament filled this world with tyranny and injustice, and the New gives us a future filled with pain for nearly all of the… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The freedom to kill is not a true freedom, but a tyranny that reduces human beings to slavery. — Pope Benedict XVI
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
The most effectual means of preventing the perversion of power into tyranny are to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at… — Thomas Jefferson
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
The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us. It is better to keep the wolf out… — Thomas Jefferson

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