#tyrant

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. ↗

— Aeschylus

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The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants. ↗

— Albert Camus

#always #been #particular #people #tyrants

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#attended #cruelty #fear #tyrant

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

— Bill Richardson

#been #enlightenment #free #ignorance #salvation

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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In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#obeys #paradise #petty #politician #republic

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

How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! ↗

— Samuel Adams

#meaning #meaning of #pervert #plain #strangely

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

Death is the tyrant of the imagination. ↗

— Barry Cornwall

#imagination #tyrant