Usurper Quotes

13 quotes by 11 authors

Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
A usurper always distrusts the whole world. — Vittorio Alfieri
If all power is in the people, if there is no higher law than their will, and if by counting their votes, their will may… — Walter Lippmann
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising the sovereignty. Usurpation… — James Monroe
Monarchy is an outrage which even the blind of an entire people cannot justify... all men hold from nature the secret mission to destroy wherever… — Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
One cannot reign innocently: the insanity of doing so is evident. Every king is a rebel and a usurper. — Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
All men are equal and free: society by nature, and destination, is therefore autonomous and ungovernable. If the sphere of activity of each citizen is… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
A cold-blooded, calculation, unprincipled, usurper, without a virtue, no statesman, knowing nothing of commerce, political economy, or civil government, and supplying ignorance by bold presumption. — Thomas Jefferson
Tolerance is a one-way street in the Age of Obama. 'Choice' is in the eye (and iron fist) of the First Amendment usurper. — Michelle Malkin
The novelist, quite rightly, fears the psychoanalyst as both an enemy and a usurper. — Will Self
I am regarded as a usurper, as an imposter and dilettante, because I do technically come from the wrong side of the tracks in musical… — Rufus Wainwright
If advertising has invaded the judgment of children, it has also forced its way into the family, an insolent usurper of parental function, degrading parents… — Jules Henry
Tyranny Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights, However his own commence, can never be But an usurper. — Henry Brooke

Who Wrote These Usurper Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 13 Usurper Quotes as follows: