![They [slaves] have stabbed themselves for freedom-jumped into the waves for freedom-starved for freedom-fought like very tigers for freedom! But they have been hung, and burned, and shot-and their tyrants have been their historians!](/assets/img/quote-photos/they-slaves-have-stabbed-themselves-for-freedom-jumped-into-the-waves-for-freed.jpg)
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tyrants reign weak
The educated ones leave, the ones with the potential to right the wrongs. They leave the weak behind. The tyrants continue to reign because the weak cannot resist. Do you not see that it is a cycle? Who will break that cycle? Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
tyrants use injustice
The tyrant should take heed to what he doth, Since every victim-carrion turns to use, And drives a chariot, like a god made wroth, Against each piled injustice. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
tyrants conservative rebellion
Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God. Benjamin Franklin
tyrants voice squares
I killed you once", the Lord Ruler said, turning back to Kelsier. "You tried", Kelsier replied, his voice loud and firm, carrying across the square. "But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that thing you've never been able to kill no matter how hard you try. I am hope. Brandon Sanderson
tyrants trying matter
But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.
tyrants ears tyranny
What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear? Juvenal
tyrants natural natural-death
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
tyrants grace doubt
The Bible has, amazingly- no doubt with supernatural grace-survived its critics. The harder tyrants try to eliminate it and skeptics dismiss it, the better read it becomes. Charles Colson
tyrants important calling
It's important to remember that Bush Derangement Syndrome on the left - comparing him to Hitler, calling him a terrorist and a tyrant - preceded Obama Derangement Syndrome on the right. John Avlon
justice long people
As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us. Chinua Achebe
justice democracy essentials
But a wild democracy . . . too often disdains the essential principles of justice. Edward Gibbon
justice criminals flaws
The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws. Ben Whishaw
justice-for-all liberty united-states
When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation - namely, life, liberty and justice for all. Benazir Bhutto
justice social-justice social
Freedom is incomplete without social justice. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
justice suffering social-justice
We compound our suffering by victimizing each other. Athol Fugard
justice publicity eternity
The price of Justice is eternal publicity. Arnold Bennett
justice causes beam
Poise the cause in justice's equal scales, Whose beam stands sure, whose rightful cause prevails. William Shakespeare
justice equal
Justice always whirls in equal measure.
wave ifs
If you're not making waves, you're not under weigh. Chester W. Nimitz
wave bigs ripple
I realized that even big waves start with small ripples Adam Braun
wavelength way adults
She couldn't be on his wavelength all the time. That's all. When you could recognize that and deal with it, you were on your way to an adult relationship. Stephen King
wavelength realms behave
What appears to us solid is ultimately both a particle and a wavelength, and on that realm everything behaves as both a particle and a wave. Vanna Bonta
wave should felt
There was a time when I felt I should do everything that was offered to me, you know, ride the wave Christian Slater
wave break
Every wave is new until it breaks. Neil Young
wave bark stout
I shuddered from stem to stern, as stout barks do when buffeted by the waves. P. G. Wodehouse
wave ends minutes
Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
waves
Eventually, the waves get big enough and the Jell-O fails. Jim Hooper