#tyrant

You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff. ↗

— Richard Pryor

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Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#been #enlightenment #free #ignorance #salvation

The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free. ↗

— George W. Bush

#free #iraq #tyrant

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant. ↗

— George Byron

#any #expect #find #gives #later

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant. ↗

— June Jordan

#hero #intense #over-the-top #passionate #tyrant

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

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Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them. ↗

— George Santayana

#enslave #free #instruments #seldom #their

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords. ↗

— John Sterling

#affords #fiercest #lords #our #own

Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#good #history #invincibility #tyrants #victory