Fighting Quote by Howard Zinn

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

— George Herbert

I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.

— Oriana Fallaci

A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

— Plato

Do you want to know something about tyrants? When faced with death, they weep and they beg just like the rest of us.

— Melina Marchetta

A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

— George Herbert

My task is not to tyrannize but to destroy tyrants.

— Cesare Borgia

A dictator keeps control and leads. A tyrant is someone selfish who destroys.

— Alessandra Mussolini

A wicked tyrant is better than a wicked war.

— Martin Luther

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

— Soren Kierkegaard

none can be Tyrants but Cowards.

— Mary Astell

The last and greatest tyrant one usually faces is the one who stares back from the mirror. Be wise and conquer him first.

— Robert C Casey

Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy.

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon