Bears Quote by Samuel Johnson

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.

— Samuel Johnson

Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order." - John V. Lindsay "No government power can be abused…

— Samuel Johnson

When power is for sale, then government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.

— Charley Reese

Government power is always abused by seizing and perverting the law. And with few exceptions, government always determines what is law.

— John Galt

Boundless intemperance In nature is a tyranny. It hath been Th' untimely emptying of the happy throne And fall of many kings.

— William Shakespeare

It is the nature of tyranny and rapacity never to learn moderation from the ill-success of first oppressions; on the contrary, all oppressors, all…

— Edmund Burke

“Someone’s life is always in danger. That’s the nature of tyranny." -Mrak”

— S.G. Night

This is a sickness rooted and inherent in the nature of a tyranny: that he that holds it does not trust his friends.

— Aeschylus

“A leader without a clear vision and plans only abuses his power because visions, dreams and plans are the fulcrum along which the loads…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Nothing could be more irrational than to give the people power, and to withhold from them information without which power is abused.

— James Madison

Power which can be abused, will be abused.

— Jim Warner