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Tyranny Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child…
- [T]he man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence by a single people, had the coolness, forecast, and capacity to introduce…
- Its authors meant it to be... a stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the…
- We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may…
- When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government-that is…
- As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.'…
More Tyranny Quotes
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that… — Lord Acton
- The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master… — Mikhail Bakunin
- I'm enjoying my life, post-menopause, so much. It's just so great to grow into yourself, and not be bothered with all that… — Roseanne Barr
- I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be… — Clara Barton
- Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people. — John Quincy Adams
- As freedom-loving people across the globe hope for an end to tyranny, we will never forget the enormous suffering of the Holocaust. — Bob Beauprez
- Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart. — Jeremy Bentham
- The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. — Georges Bernanos
- The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of… — Benazir Bhutto
- The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it… — Hugo Black