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A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant. ↗

— George Byron

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My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant. ↗

— June Jordan

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Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them. ↗

— George Santayana

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Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states. ↗

— Demosthenes

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Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of supporting tyrants and killers. ↗

— Richard Perle

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

— Samuel Adams

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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

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

— Daniel Defoe

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Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants. ↗