Tyranny Quotes

915 Tyranny quotes by 563 unique authors

Can any reasonable man be well disposed toward a government which makes war and carnage the only means of supporting itself? — Alexander Hamilton
The Patriot Act followed 9-11 as smoothly as the suspension of the Weimar constitution after the Reichstag Fire Decree. — Unknown Author
The most common characteristic of all police states is intimidation by surveillance. Citizens know they are being watched and overheard. Their mail is being examined.… — Vance Packard
The mission of the Gestapo expanded steadily as from 1933 onward, "political criminality" was given a much broader definition than ever before and more forms… — Unknown Author
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a… — Jessica Mitford
A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law. — John Marshall
A decision by the Fuhrer in the express form of a law or a decree may not be scrutinized by a judge. In addition, the… — Adolf Hitler
Peace without justice is tyranny — William Allen White
The object of any tyrant would be to overthrow or diminish trial by jury, for it is the lamp that shows that freedom lives. — Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin
No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even especially those who are the worst of us. Some of the… — Jim Butcher
[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power. — Walter Raleigh
The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule. — Emily Greene Balch
The closed door and the sealed lips are prerequisites to tyranny. — Frank Lebby Stanton
The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a… — John Ensign
Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though… — John F. Kennedy
The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral… — Jeff Cooper
My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of gun… — Alex Kozinski
What will people say-in these words lies the tyranny of the world, the whole destruction of our natural disposition, the oblique vision of our minds.… — Berthold Auerbach
Tyranny has perhaps oftener grown out of the assumptions of power, called for, on pressing exigencies, by a defective constitution, than out of the full… — Alexander Hamilton
I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every breast . .… — Thomas Jefferson
Nevertheless, to the persecution and tyranny of his cruel ministry we will not tamely submit - appealing to Heaven for the justice of our cause,… — Joseph Warren
It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they… — Mercy Otis Warren
Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people,… — Alexander Hamilton
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
The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized… — Calvin Coolidge

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