#tyrant

We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them. ↗

— Carl Levin

#belief #building #common #common belief #delivering

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. ↗

— Plato

#conquest #disposed #fear #foreign #leader

Love rules the world. Like a tyrant.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#love #power #rules #tyrant #world

Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#am #brutal #crimes #death #deciding

All men would be tyrants if they could. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#men #tyrants #would

Clever tyrants are never punished. ↗

— Voltaire

#never #punished #tyrants

God himself has no right to be a tyrant. ↗

— William Godwin

#himself #right #tyrant

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