Rooted Quote by Simone Weil

The man who stands upon his own soil, who feels, by the laws of the land in which he lives,-by the laws of civilized…

— Edward Everett

High treason, when it is resistance to tyranny here below, has its origin in, and isfirst committed by, the powerthat makes and forever re-creates…

— Henry David Thoreau

In every village there will arise a miscreant to establish the most grinding tyranny by calling himself the people.

— Robert Peel

A Man who is blessed by his people is a Leader, a man who is cursed by his own people is a Traitor!

— Anonymous

“For by the word upstart I mean everyone who has raised himself through his own efforts to a social level higher than that to…

— Adolf Hitler

Whoever debases others is debasing himself.

— Anonymous

Whoever is the cause of another becoming powerful, is ruined himself; for that power is produced by him either through craft or force; and…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

— Aesop

The most powerful people are not those who are driven by power, but those who empower others.

— Alexander Den Heijer

If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Whoever is the cause of another becoming powerful, is ruined himself.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“The root of all inauthentic manifestations of being-with-others is the attitude of self-concern. It is in this state of mind that, either consciously or…

— Stephen Batchelor