Tyrants Quotes

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At that moment, in the sunset on Watership Down, there was offered to General Woundwort the opportunity to show whether he was really the leader… — Richard Adams
But we know that freedom cannot be served by the devices of the tyrant. As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wretched men cringe before tyrants who have no power, the victims of their trivial hopes and fears. They do not realise that anger is hopeless,… — Boethius
This is what you should do: love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for… — Walt Whitman
Shakespeare wrote great poetry and preposterous plays. Who really cares, for example, which petty tyrant rules Milan? Or who succeeds to the throne of Denmark?… — Edward Abbey
Is it not high time for the people of this country to explicitly declare whether they will be free men or slaves. It is an… — Samuel Adams
My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants. — Patrick Henry
Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of… — Terry Pratchett
All men would be tyrants if they could. — Daniel Defoe
Time and again in this century, the political map of the world was transformed. And ineach instance a new world order came about through the… — George H. W. Bush
In order to have the stuff of a tyrant, a certain mental derangement is necessary. — Emile M. Cioran
Today the primary threat to the liberties of the American people comes not from communism, foreign tyrants or dictators. It comes from the tendency on… — George Allen
It is asserted by most respectable writers upon our government, that a well-regulated militia, composed of the yeomanry of the country, have ever been considered… — John L. DeWitt
The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which… — Plato
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. — Socrates
May the Lord destroy all the tyrants of the church. Amen. — Michael Servetus
The Founding Fathers did not believe the primary purpose of their guns was to hunt ducks, but to keep the government in line within the… — John Coleman
The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to… — Sophocles
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 — Plato
A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. — Plato
The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children… — Socrates
Our two nations both faced great challenges when they were founded, and our two nations have both relied on the same principles to help us… — George W. Bush
None but tyrants have any business to be afraid. — Unknown Author
We need to remember that the separation of church and state must never mean the separation of religious values from the lives of public servants.… — Lyndon B. Johnson
It is lawful and hath been held so through all ages for any one who have the power to call to account a tyrant or… — John Milton

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