#tyrant

Clever tyrants are never punished. ↗

— Voltaire

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God himself has no right to be a tyrant. ↗

— William Godwin

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Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Ronald Reagan said that he sought a Star Wars defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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

— Albert Camus

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

— Thomas Fuller

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Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle. ↗

— Jonathan Mayhew

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