Character Quote by P.D. Ouspensky

Tyranny is Tyranny, let it come from whom it may.

— Howard Zinn

Morality is stronger than tyrants.

— Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

There is no greater tyranny than that of the dead over the living.

— Thomas Paine

Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.

— John Knox

“Tyranny over the mind is the most complete and most brutal type of tyranny; every other tyranny begins and ends with it.”

— Anonymous

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.

— Charles de Secondat

“Tyranny is a habit; it may develop, and it does develop at last, into a disease. I maintain that the very best of men…

— Dostoyevsky

What tyranny could exceed a tyranny that dictates to the human heart?

— June Jordan

“Tyranny is a form of perversion. We come to love it. Every government is a tyranny to a degree, and the more evil it…

— Geoff Ryman

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.

— Thomas Paine

Tyranny is abhorrent, freedom benefits all, whereas violence benefits no one for long.

— Mark Kingwell

Tyranny brings ignorance and brutality with it. It degrades men from their just rank into the class of brutes; it damps their spirits; it…

— Jonathan Mayhew