Human rights Quote by William Pitt the Younger

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

— William Pitt The Younger

Necessity is the argument of tyrants, it is the creed of slaves.

— William Pitt The Younger

Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?...Necessity is the plea for very infringement of human freedom.…

— William Pitt

“There are no tyrants if there are no slaves.”

— Jose P. Rizal

“Freedom is the opposite of necessity.”

— Immanuel Kant

Necessity, the tyrant's plea

— John Milton

“Even though we are peripheral to the slavery, our action is necessary to overcome a horrific evil.”

— Nicholas D. Kristof

“We are at the mercy of whoever wields authority over the things we either desire or detest. If you would be free, then, do…

— Epictetus

The tyranny of necessity grants its slaves three kinds of freedom: opinion free from intellect, entertainment free from art, and orgies free from love.

— Karl Kraus

“Perhaps slavery is harder for a person who has known freedom. Perhaps it does not matter. The”

— Stephen P. Kiernan

“Man cannot be freed by the same injustice that enslaved it.”

— Pierce Brown

“Man’s freedom does not free him from necessity. But twists it into unforeseeable consequences.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila