Tyrants Quotes

520 Tyrants quotes by 357 unique authors

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 case, tyrant or… — Emile M. Cioran
When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable. — William J. Clinton
Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants. — Benjamin Franklin
...great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant... — Alexander Hamilton
The problem of values arises only when men try to fit together their need to be social animals with their need to be free men.… — Jacob Bronowski
The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants. — Bertrand Barere
Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant. — James Madison
Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Against the persecution of a tyrant the godly have no remedy but prayer. — John Calvin
They [slaves] have stabbed themselves for freedom-jumped into the waves for freedom-starved for freedom-fought like very tigers for freedom! But they have been hung, and… — Lydia M. Child
Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you… — Abraham Lincoln
Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can… — Alexander the Great
Whether or not patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, national security can be the last refuge of the tyrant. — Unknown Author
Wars of aggression are the most barbarous of all human endeavors and are, more often than not, the instruments of insane tyrants who hear voices. — Rodrigue Tremblay
If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject... — William Graham Sumner
Morality is stronger than tyrants. — Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him... Those who will not be… — William Penn
Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations.Imagine the brain, that… — Diane Ackerman
Time is a strange thing. It is a whimsical tyrant, which in every century has a different face for all that one says and does. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer. — Ben Jonson
The poor ego has a still harder time of it; it has to serve three harsh masters, and it has to do its best to… — Sigmund Freud
Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious tyrant. — Edward Gibbon
As William Penn put it: "Those people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." Remember... that those tyrants are often self-imposed… — Wayne Dyer
One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants. — Marquis de Sade

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