Arbitrary Quote by Emily Greene Balch

America was founded by men who understood that the threat of domestic tyranny is as great as any threat from abroad. If we want…

— Ron Paul

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we…

— Sallust

“for men whose desire for liberty has been destroyed, liberty must be thrust upon them.”

— Milo Hastings

“Human nature is universally imbued with a desire for liberty, and a hatred for servitude.”

— Julius Ceasar

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

— Sallust

The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.

— Alexander Hamilton

In Russia, whatever be the appearance of things, violence and arbitrary rule is at the bottom of them all. Tyranny rendered calm by the…

— Marquis de Custine

I look back, now, and I know that the naming moment, which seemed so insignificant then, which seemed to demand no more than an…

— Gregory David Roberts

Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

I don't concern myself with thinking ahead to the finished product. I focus more specifically on what the character is experiencing. Once you relieve…

— Jesse Eisenberg

Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just…

— William Hurt