#despotism

Despotism is a long crime. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism - including, of course, legal despotism? ↗

— Frederic Bastiat

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So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

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Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Religions are the cradles of despotism. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous. ↗

— William Wells Brown

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The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny. ↗

— Georg Buchner

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Despotism is the only form of government which may with safety to itself, neglect the education of its infant poor. ↗

— Samuel Horsley

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