Tyrants Quotes

520 Tyrants quotes by 357 unique authors

I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe. — Deborah Sampson
There are only two possible forms of control: one internal and the other external; religious control and political control. They are of such a nature… — Unknown Author
Since bad men find the rule of kings no less burdensome than that of tyrants, the recognition of the right of private citizens to kill… — Unknown Author
I would rather deal with a tyrant any day than a committee. Committees, as a general rule, aren’t willing to take chances, which is why… — Hal Riney
The slaves of today will become the tyrants of tomorrow--the proletariat overthrows the hegemon to become the hegemon itself, only to be eventually overthrown by… — Miguel Syjuco
Why independence? If the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow. — Jose Rizal
Power lies in reason, resolution, and truth. No matter how long the tyrant endures, he will be the loser at the end. — Khalil
Oh you Muslims! You have slept for a long time, long enough for the tyrants to take control over you. You accepted to live as… — Sheikh Abdullah
If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own. — James F. Cooper
In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko
If Truth is taken away from us, then Right and Wrong are taken from us as well. If we don't know Right and Wrong, then… — Frank Peretti
Fear is a psychic tyrant that has no intention of letting its slave go free. It will say whatever it needs to say to confuse… — Marianne Williamson
The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience. — Patrick Henry
That slow poison [slavery] is daily contaminating the minds and morals of our people. Every gentlemen here is born a petty tyrant, practiced in acts… — George Mason
Babylon violated diminishes Alexander; Rome enslaved diminishes Caesar; massacred Jerusalem diminishes Titus. Tyranny follows the tyrant. Woe to the man who leaves behind a shadow… — Victor Hugo
At the very time that philosophers of the most enterprising benevolence were founding in Greece those institutions which have rendered it the wonder and luminary… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The preservation of a free government requires not merely that the metes and bounds which separate each department of power be invariably maintained; but more… — James Madison
It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and… — Samuel Adams
What constitutes the bulwark of our liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea-coasts, our army and our navy. ... Our… — Abraham Lincoln
When dictators and tyrants seek to destroy the freedoms of men, their first target is the legal profession and through it the rule of law. — Leon Jaworski
Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords. — John Sterling
Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not… — Peter DeFazio
Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves. — Aesop
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot's… — Herman Melville
The tyrant is a child of pride. — Sophocles

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