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Tyrant Quote by Plato

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“This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.”

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Faith is not about serving some tyrant in the sky that says, 'You need to get your act together.' Faith is about having a…

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If you're not perfectly conscious of yourself, that self can be tyrannical; in relationship to others, anyone can become a tyrant. That's why no…

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

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“The people’s silence is a tyrant’s greatest advocate. The less captives talked, the less they knew; the less they knew, the more they feared;…

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If Tom Hanks was, like, secretly a tyrant, it would be totally demoralizing - I would quit. I'd be like, what's the point of…

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Because a man is placed in charge of a club does not make it necessary for him to be a taskmaster or a tyrant.…

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“The worst kind of tyrant is one that is righteously wrong”

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“Woe is the mind of the common man, so easily controlled by the prospect of an ambition never to be truly attained. This is…

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“It is inconceivable that any form of intelligence would waste so much time and effort to make such an inferior piece of life—with all…

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Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

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Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.

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