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Tyranny Quotes by Thomas Merton
- By my monastic life and vows I am saying no to all the concentration camps, the aerial bombardments, the staged political trials, the judicial murders,…
- The most awful tyranny is that of the proximate Utopia where the last sins are currently being eliminated and where, tomorrow, there will be no…
- Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If…
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- 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