#tyrants

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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.


Edmund Burke


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Tyrants seldom want pretexts.


Edmund Burke


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It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.


Henry A. Wallace


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All men would be tyrants if they could.


Daniel Defoe


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


Voltaire


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Clever tyrants are never punished.


Voltaire


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


Charles Caleb Colton


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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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Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.


Bill Moyers


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