#tyrant

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them. ↗

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

— Elbert Hubbard

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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. ↗

— Aristotle

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The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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

— Emile M. Cioran

#mental #necessary #order #stuff #tyrant

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

— Charles Caleb Colton

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With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost. ↗

— William Lloyd Garrison

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Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always. ↗

— Andre Malraux

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