Tyrant Quotes

239 quotes by 193 authors

The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which… — Plato
The Founding Fathers did not believe the primary purpose of their guns was to hunt ducks, but to keep the government in line within the… — John Coleman
The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to… — Sophocles
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest...and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war — Plato
A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. — Plato
It is lawful and hath been held so through all ages for any one who have the power to call to account a tyrant or… — John Milton
One must never compromise with tyrants. One can only strike at kings through the head. Nothing can be expected from European kings except by force… — Georges Danton
Usurpers always bring about or select troublous times to get passed, under cover of the public terror, destructive laws, which the people would never adopt… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Democracy is a kingless regime infested by many kings who are sometimes more exclusive, tyrannical and destructive than one, even if he be a tyrant. — Benito Mussolini
There are two kinds of rebellion. The first is one in which the slave demands something that the tyrant has got. The second is one… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Civilization after civilization, it is the same.Â The world falls to tyranny with a whisper.Â The frightened are ever keen to bow to a perceived… — Steven Erikson
There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of… — Edward Kennedy
China is not a superpower, nor will she ever seek to be one... If one day China should change her color and turn into a… — Deng Xiaoping
The king is as much bound by his oath not to infringe the legal rights of the people, as the people are bound to yield… — Jonathan Mayhew
The great masses of men, though theoretically free, are seen to submit supinely to oppression and exploitation of a hundred abhorrent sorts. Have they no… — H. L. Mencken
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
In Iraq #1 we stayed within U.N. mandates, limited our response, went home after Kuwait was freed - and were censured for allowing Shiites and… — Victor Davis Hanson
Now, I ask you, had you not rather be killed than to be a slave to a tyrant, who takes the life of your mother,… — David Walker
On a day when all Americans, regardless of party affiliation, are celebrating the growth of freedom and honoring the sacrifices of American and Iraqi troops… — Ken Mehlman
And now, my friend, I am going to expose to you all my weaknesses. All men, I believe, are under a necessity of paying tribute… — Peter Abelard

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