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Tyrant Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear this king described as a…
- See how he cowers and sneaks, how vaguely all the day he fears, not being immortal nor divine, but the slave and prisoner of his…
- Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
- Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates…
More Tyrant Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a… — John Adams
- How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! — Samuel Adams
- Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. — Ambrose Bierce
- In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. — Aeschylus
- Any excuse will serve a tyrant. — Aesop
- The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them. — Emily Bronte
- The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free. — George W. Bush
- If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let… — Lord Byron
- In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. — Emile M. Cioran
- The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either… — Emile M. Cioran