Crime Quote by Virgil

“Cursed greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused. -- Virgil”

— Debby Grahl

Then the hard, dry Spaniards came exploring through, greedy and realistic, and their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they…

— John Steinbeck

And their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected jewels.

— John Steinbeck

“Kings will be tyrants from policy when subjects are rebels from principle,” Burke writes.”

— Yuval Levin

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.

— Frederick Douglass

The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing…

— Mark Twain

To our strongest impulse, to the tyrant in us, not only our reason but also our conscience yields.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Perhaps the greatest consolation of the oppressed is to consider themselves superior to their tyrants.

— Julien Green

The shortest way to change a radical into a conservative, a liberal into a tyrant, a man into a beast, is to give him…

— Benjamin Tucker

I don't really think in terms of the future of literature. I think literature will be around "forever" - but in a relatively niche…

— Nick Antosca

We immerse ourselves in escapist mass entertainment, such as 'reality T.V.' programs. We support fanatical politicians and preachers. Our politicians, in turn, support dictators…

— Brendan Myers

Do you want to know something about tyrants? When faced with death, they weep and they beg just like the rest of us.

— Melina Marchetta