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In order to have the stuff of a tyrant, a certain mental derangement is necessary. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents, but to liquidate them, to deny that they have ever existed. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

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

— Thomas Fuller

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Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of. ↗

— Bill Moyers

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To have reservations is to show true leadership. To have certainty without question, to lead people to battle with no qualms, or to prosecute without hesitation are qualities of a tyrant. ↗

— Laura Kreitzer

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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. ↗

— Abigail Adams

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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

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. ↗

— Aristotle

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

— Voltaire

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