Tyrant Quotes

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My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us. — Dennis Wilson
Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. — George Mason
Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him… — Etienne de La Boetie
Verily, the index finger that testifies to the oneness of Allah Azzawajal in prayer, utterly rejects to write even an alphabet, endorsing the rule of… — Sayyid Qutb
By todayâ€™s standards King George III was a very mild tyrant indeed. He taxed his American colonists at a rate of only pennies per annum.… — Joseph Sobran
In a despotic government, the only principle by which the tyrant who is to move the whole machine means to regulate and manage the people… — Samuel Williams
Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant can trickle when she wounds! — William Shakespeare
Have you ever heard of a woman bloody dictator or tyrant? I think not. If there were more women in power, I think we would… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe. — Deborah Sampson
There are only two possible forms of control: one internal and the other external; religious control and political control. They are of such a nature… — Juan Donoso Cortes
Since bad men find the rule of kings no less burdensome than that of tyrants, the recognition of the right of private citizens to kill… — William Archibald Dunning
I would rather deal with a tyrant any day than a committee. Committees, as a general rule, arenâ€™t willing to take chances, which is why… — Hal Riney
Power lies in reason, resolution, and truth. No matter how long the tyrant endures, he will be the loser at the end. — Khalil
If Truth is taken away from us, then Right and Wrong are taken from us as well. If we don't know Right and Wrong, then… — Frank Peretti
Fear is a psychic tyrant that has no intention of letting its slave go free. It will say whatever it needs to say to confuse… — Marianne Williamson
The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience. — Patrick Henry
That slow poison [slavery] is daily contaminating the minds and morals of our people. Every gentlemen here is born a petty tyrant, practiced in acts… — George Mason
Babylon violated diminishes Alexander; Rome enslaved diminishes Caesar; massacred Jerusalem diminishes Titus. Tyranny follows the tyrant. Woe to the man who leaves behind a shadow… — Victor Hugo
At the very time that philosophers of the most enterprising benevolence were founding in Greece those institutions which have rendered it the wonder and luminary… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
What constitutes the bulwark of our liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea-coasts, our army and our navy. ... Our… — Abraham Lincoln

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