Ends Quote by Khalil

As one gains personal power, the terrors of the tyrant begin to lessen...

— Senoraroy

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and…

— Frederick Douglass

Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him.

— Lucretia Mott

Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men…

— Aristotle

“There is conclusive evidence that the character of a tyrant will not change as long as he lives, that he will abuse his power…

— Alice Miller

The most insupportable of tyrants exclaim against the exercise of arbitrary power.

— Roger L'Estrange

Remember that it is not by a tyrant's words, but only by his deeds that we can know him.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

— Alessandra Mussolini

Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is, this unnatural…

— Edmund Burke

The tyrant always talks as if he's preserving the best interests of his people when he actually acts to undermine them.

— Ramman Kenoun

Unfortunately, however, power is sweet, and the man who in the beginning seeks power merely in order to have scope for his benevolence is…

— Bertrand Russell

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.

— Niccolo Machiavelli