Tyrants Quotes

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Neither Britain, a land fertile in tyrants, nor the people of Ireland, knew Moses and the prophets. — St. Jerome
What use do I put my soul to? It is a serviceable question this, and should frequently be put to oneself. How does my ruling… — Marcus Aurelius
The things... which are proper to the understanding no other man is used to impede, for neither fire, nor iron, nor tyrant, nor abuse, touches… — Marcus Aurelius
A tyrant does not remain in the world; But the curse on him abides forever! — Bill Vaughan
In adamantine chains shall Death be bound, And Hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound. — Alexander Pope
We, Seth, Emperor of Azania, Chief of Chiefs of Sakuyu, Lord of Wanda and Tyrant of the Seas, Bachelor of the Arts of Oxford University,… — Evelyn Waugh
E? loquence quipersuade par douceur, non par empire, en tyran, non en roi. Eloquence should persuade gently, not by force or like a tyrant or… — Blaise Pascal
When you're convinced that you're right and you believe that you have the license to do anything because you're right, you can be bossy and… — Terry O'Quinn
Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism. — Michel Foucault
Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God. — Benjamin Franklin
Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear. — Thomas Fuller
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within. — Mahatma Gandhi
With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they… — William Lloyd Garrison
Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind. — Charles Caleb Colton
War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies. — Charles Caleb Colton
Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny. — Pierre Corneille
As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth… — Robert A. Dahl
The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything. — Clarence Darrow
Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could. — Daniel Defoe
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots -… — Demosthenes
This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this… — Philip K. Dick
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step. — Denis Diderot
The mob is the mother of tyrants. — Diogenes
The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to… — William O. Douglas
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose. — Frederick Douglass

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