Tyrants Quotes

520 Tyrants quotes by 357 unique authors

On a day when all Americans, regardless of party affiliation, are celebrating the growth of freedom and honoring the sacrifices of American and Iraqi troops… — Ken Mehlman
L'arbre de la liberté croît lorsqu'il est arrosé du sang de toute espèce de tyrans (The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the… — Bertrand Barere
And now, my friend, I am going to expose to you all my weaknesses. All men, I believe, are under a necessity of paying tribute… — Peter Abelard
These individuals are tyrants, and so they hate democracy. They are bigots, zealots, and persecutors, and so they hate Americas freedom tolerance, and respect for… — Ted Olson
My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us. — Dennis Wilson
Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. — George Mason
Ay, down to the dust with them, slaves as they are! From this hour let the blood in their dastardly veins, That shrunk at the… — Charles Lamb
My task is not to tyrannize but to destroy tyrants. — Cesare Borgia
Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him… — Etienne de La Boetie
It has always happened that tyrants, in order to strengthen their power, have made every effort to train their people not only in obedience and… — Etienne de La Boetie
Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs. — Victor Hugo
I came into the world charged with the duty to uphold the right in every place, to destroy sin and evil... the only reason I… — Guru Gobind Singh
Verily, the index finger that testifies to the oneness of Allah Azzawajal in prayer, utterly rejects to write even an alphabet, endorsing the rule of… — Sayyid Qutb
By today’s standards King George III was a very mild tyrant indeed. He taxed his American colonists at a rate of only pennies per annum.… — Joseph Sobran
There has never been a humane communist regime. Marxism is inherently totalitarian. It recognizes no moral limits on the state. It’s the most convenient ideology… — Joseph Sobran
O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could… — Patrick Henry
No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need… — J. Michael Straczynski
Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of… — Richard Perle
In a despotic government, the only principle by which the tyrant who is to move the whole machine means to regulate and manage the people… — Samuel Williams
Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant can trickle when she wounds! — William Shakespeare
Democracy and religion stand or fall together. Where democracy has been destroyed, religion has been doomed. Where religion has been trampled down, democracy has ceased… — Herbert H. Lehman
So that this nation may long endure, I urge you to follow in the hallowed footsteps of the great disobedience of history that freed exiles,… — Charlton Heston
The child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, because they are tyrants, ignore natural gifts and say that children must… — Rabindranath Tagore
I remember that throughout history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they… — Jean Vanier
Have you ever heard of a woman bloody dictator or tyrant? I think not. If there were more women in power, I think we would… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

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