Despotism Quote by Daniel Webster

Any government, that is its own judge of, and determines authoritatively for the people, what are its own powers over the people, is an…

— Lysander Spooner

The idea that laws don't apply to the law-makers is for despotic regimes.

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism-the…

— Alexander Hamilton

By giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles, but in…

— Thomas Jefferson

Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed… Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or,…

— Alexander Hamilton

Every State is a despotism, be the despot one or many.

— Max Stirner

A democratic despotism is like a theocracy: it assumes its own correctness.

— Walter Bagehot

Despotism is the only form of government which may with safety to itself, neglect the education of its infant poor.

— Samuel Horsley

The concentrating of powers in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will…

— Thomas Jefferson

Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement.

— John Stuart Mill