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Tyrants Quotes by Jonathan Mayhew
- To say that subjects in general are not proper judges (of the law) when their governors oppress them and play the tyrant, and when they…
- 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…
- Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle.
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- 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
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- It was the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God that built this country and… — Ronald Reagan
- What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their… — Thomas Jefferson
- To say that subjects in general are not proper judges (of the law) when their governors oppress them and play the tyrant,… — Jonathan Mayhew
- The power of the press in America is a primordial one. It sets the agenda of public discussion; and this sweeping political… — Theodore White
- War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies. — Charles Caleb Colton