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Tyrants Quotes by Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider…
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
- Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention of the people,…
- Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men of…
- It is also in the interests of the tyrant to make his subjects poor... the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they…
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- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- 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
- Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. — Abigail Adams
- Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. — Mikhail Bakunin
- Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart. — Honore de Balzac
- 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
- 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 slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. — Ambrose Bierce
- Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. — Ambrose Bierce