Concentrating Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Any government, that is its own judge of, and determines authoritatively for the people, what are its own powers over the people, is an…

— Lysander Spooner

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.

— Daniel Webster

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles, but in…

— Thomas Jefferson

Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism-the…

— Alexander Hamilton

If government is in the hands of the few, they will tyrannize the many; if in the hands of the many, they will tyrannize…

— Alexander Hamilton

Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The foremost or indeed sole condition required in order to succeed in centralizing the supreme power in a democratic community is to love equality…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Unlimited power is the ideal thing when it is in safe hands. The despotism of heaven is the one absolutely perfect government, and earthly…

— Mark Twain

By giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

It would seem that if despotism were to be established among the democratic nations of our days, it might assume a different character; it…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your government therefore resemble despotism? Yes, as the sword that gleams…

— Maximilien de Robespierre

“The foremost, or indeed the sole condition, which is required in order to succeed in centralizing the supreme power in a democratic community, is…

— Alexis de Tocqueville