Quotes about tyrants
tyrants vision firm
Hold firm to your vision but don't be a tyrant on set, Werner Herzog
tyrants ignorant democracy
The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well. Walter Lippmann
tyrants world knows
From one tyrant to another. That is the world we know, now Veronica Roth
tyrants humanity tails
The slaves of today will become the tyrants of tomorrow--the proletariat overthrows the hegemon to become the hegemon itself, only to be eventually overthrown by a proto-hegemon that will in turn lose its position. It is this dizzying cycle that keeps humanity chasing the tail it lost millennia ago Miguel Syjuco
tyrants slave
There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves. Jose Rizal
tyrants independence today
Why independence? If the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow.
tyrants growth prejudice
It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice. Henry A. Wallace
tyrants justice faces
The big tyrants never face justice George Galloway
tyrants newspapers tyranny
If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own. James F. Cooper
tyrants return torment
Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us. Emily Bronte
tyrants oligarchy tyranny
It's the tyranny of an oligarchy that I'm concerned about. Pat Robertson
tyrants revolution chance
A rebellion against a tyrant is only immoral when it hasn't got a chance. Muriel Spark
tyrants idealism-and-realism despots
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. Mikhail Bakunin
tyrants government may
Tyranny seldom announces itself...In fact, a tyranny may exist without an individual tyrant. A whole government, even a democratically elected one, may be tyrannical. Joseph Sobran
tyrants risk stopping
When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator. Margaret Thatcher
tyrants warning regimes
Poles understand perhaps better than anyone the consequences of making toothless warnings to brutal tyrants and terrorist regimes. Paul Wolfowitz
tyrants noble tyranny
Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny. Pierre Corneille
tyrants congress-and-the-president hatred
To imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place. Pope Francis
tyrants evil social-justice
Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good. Philip Gourevitch
tyrants dust justice
When we have but the will to do it, that very moment will Justice be done: that very instant the tyrants of the Earth shall bite the dust. Peter Kropotkin
tyrants consolation superiors
Perhaps the greatest consolation of the oppressed is to consider themselves superior to their tyrants. Julien Green
tyrants rights arms
Sow seed--but let no tyrant reap; Find wealth--let no imposter heap; Weave robes--let not the idle wear; Forge arms--in your defence to bear. Percy Bysshe Shelley
tyrants ideas perfection
The idea of perfection can be a tyrant you should overthrow, to gain your freedom. Kate Grenville
tyrants needs united-states
A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy. Elliott Abrams
tyrants government revolution
The right of revolution, which tyrants, in mockery, accord to mankind, is no legal right under a government; it is only a natural right to overturn a government. Lysander Spooner
tyrants common inspired
Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle. Jonathan Mayhew
tyrants suffering ifs
If Obama's a tyrant, he's a pretty tame tyrant. How many tyrants do you know that really suffer because they can't get cloture? Jon Stewart
tyrants light political
Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere. James Madison
tyrants people democracy
Democracy was the right of the people to choose their own tyrant.
tyrants rallying-cry liberty
Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.
tyrants evil liberty
The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it. John Hay
tyrants people liberty
Today the primary threat to the liberties of the American people comes not from communism, foreign tyrants or dictators. It comes from the tendency on our own shores to centralize power, to trust bureaucracies rather than people. George Allen
tyrants rebel neglect
Tyranny Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem None rebels except subjects? The prince who Neglects or violates his trust is more A brigand than the robber-chief. Lord Byron