#tyrant

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 loved Jack Ford. I got him in his later days, and he was a total tyrant and a total autocrat and an Irish drunk. But I had a great time. ↗

— Richard Widmark

#days #drunk #ford #got #great

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice. ↗

— Voltaire

#caprice #his #knows #laws #sovereign

One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#kings #save #tyrants #weeps #why

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#doubting #made #morons #most #natural

Let tyrants shake their iron rod. ↗

— William Billings

#rod #shake #their #tyrants

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#could #left #men #nature #tyrants

Death is the tyrant of the imagination. ↗

— Barry Cornwall

#imagination #tyrant