#tyrant

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

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All men would be tyrants if they could. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

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The mob is the mother of tyrants. ↗

— Diogenes

#mother #tyrants

Clever tyrants are never punished. ↗

— Voltaire

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My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us. ↗

— Dennis Wilson

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God himself has no right to be a tyrant. ↗

— William Godwin

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

— Elbert Hubbard

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Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

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