Tyranny Quotes

915 Tyranny quotes by 563 unique authors

He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was… — Unknown Author
We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to… — Andrew Coyle Bradley
"All government in essence," says Emerson, "is tyranny." It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance its… — Emma Goldman
If the individual has a right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny. Hence the necessity of abolishing the State. — Benjamin Tucker
Because we live in a largely free society, we tend to forget how limited is the span of time and the part of the globe… — Milton Friedman
The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and… — Carl Levin
Socialism is not about big concepts and heavy theory. Socialism is about decent shelter for those who are homeless. It is about water for those… — Chris Hani
Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the institutionalised medium of reason, that's all we have between us and the tyranny of… — Felix Frankfurter
Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos. — Cullen Hightower
There is no week, nor day, nor hour, when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their supreme confidence in themselves,… — Margaret Thatcher
Compromise, hell! That's what has happened to us all down the line -- and that's the very cause of our woes. If freedom is right… — Jesse Helms
I dream that love without tyranny is possible — Andrea Dworkin
Civilization after civilization, it is the same. The world falls to tyranny with a whisper. The frightened are ever keen to bow to a perceived necessity, in… — Steven Erikson
This country has a mental health problem disguised as a gun problem, and a tyranny problem disguised as a security problem. — Joe Rogan
If everyone understood evolution, then the tyranny of religious memes would be weakened, and we little humans might find a better way to live in… — Susan Blackmore
Development requires major source of unfreedom: poverty as well as tyranny, poor economic opportunities as well as systematic social deprivation, neglect of public facilities as… — Amartya Sen
It is the tyranny of hidden prejudices that makes us deaf to what speaks to us in tradition. — Hans-Georg Gadamer
Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and… — Bob Riley
A startup is the largest endeavor over which you can have definite mastery. You can have agency not just over your own life, but over… — Peter Thiel
When you consider that God could have commanded anything he wanted--anything!--the Ten [Commandments] have got to rank as one of the great missed moral opportunities… — Katha Pollitt
I preferred measuring deer tracks to tape - that I liked the wild liberty of the Red men better then the tyranny of my brothers. — Sam Houston
Nor is the guilt entirely with the warmongers, plutocrats and demagogues. If people permit exploitation and regimentation in any name, they deserve their slavery. A… — Jack Parsons
Forced to choose between limiting population or trying to increase food production, we chose the latter and ended up with starvation, warfare, and tyranny. — Jared Diamond
A just city should favor justice and the just, hate tyranny and injustice, and give them both their just deserts. — Unknown Author
In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness. — Robert Griffin III

Who Wrote These Tyranny Quotes

563 authors contributed a total of 915 Tyranny Quotes, led by these top contributors: