#tyrant

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The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.


John Adams


#doubted #flea #hang #kill #more

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.


Aesop


#excuse #serve #tyrant #will

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.


Edmund Burke


#extinguished #heart #keeps #minds #moderation

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.


George W. Bush


#fear #freedom #stirs #tyrants

It was known in the mid 90s already that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous tyrant that he had already launched aggressions against Iran, he had invaded Kuwait.


Douglas Feith


#aggressions #already #dangerous #had #hussein

A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.


Georges Clemenceau


#breadth #collective #his #land #length

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.


Thomas Jefferson


#from time to time #liberty #must #patriots #refreshed

I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.


Oriana Fallaci


#i #kill #killing #man #tyrant

Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.


Matthew Prior


#anger #cruel #dart #escape #fantastic

Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.


Charles Fourier


#government #liberty #poltics #tyrants #friendship