#tyrants

Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#been #enlightenment #free #ignorance #salvation

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

— George Santayana

#enslave #free #instruments #seldom #their

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords. ↗

— John Sterling

#affords #fiercest #lords #our #own

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

#good #history #invincibility #tyrants #victory

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

— Demosthenes

#excessive #free #good #security #states

The "Axis of Evil" was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well. ↗

— Michael Ledeen

#evil #full #iran #iraq #knew

Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him. ↗

— Charles Fourier

#government #liberty #poltics #tyrants #friendship

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

#doubting #made #morons #most #natural

Let tyrants shake their iron rod. ↗

— William Billings

#rod #shake #their #tyrants

Tyrants are willing to commit to anything…including mass murder to maintain their domination over every human being alive. They abuse the lives of the people they are entrusted with by the perverse dictates that they, themselves, would never live by. And they feel justified in this by their own self-righteous elite morality, which sets them high above everyone else in their own minds. You and I, however, are made of quite different stuff. Our words are filled with our true beliefs and backed by the honesty of our actions. We take great pride in not only who we are…but overcoming the struggle it took to make us this way. We are men and women of character…principles…and courage! ↗

— R.G. Risch

#freedom #morality #principles #tyrants #courage