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Tyrant Quotes by Plato
- The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which…
- 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
- A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
- When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always…
- This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
- When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring…
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
- It was the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God that built this country and… — Ronald Reagan
- How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! — Samuel Adams
- In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. — Aeschylus
- The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them. — Emily Bronte
- 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