Tyranny Quotes

Tyranny Quote of the day

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.

It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.

It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind.

Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!

Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.

Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

We spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity for self-government, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny, is rampant.

A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” Benjamin Franklin

Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins.

A just city should favor justice and the just, hate tyranny and injustice, and give them both their just deserts.

What draws men and women together is stronger than the brutality and tyranny which drive them apart.

The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny.

You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.

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

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.

The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding documents. Their vision for us was a Republic and limited government.

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny; they have only shifted it to another shoulder.

A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

Political correctness is tyranny with manners.

Self defense is a primary law of nature, which no subsequent law of society can abolish; the immediate gift of the Creator, obliges everyone to resist the first approaches of tyranny.

Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny.

The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place.

Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency.

William: "I'm sure we can all pull together, sir." Vetinari: "Oh, I do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions.

[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.

The governments of Europe are afraid to trust the people with arms. If they did, the people would certainly shake off the yoke of tyranny, as America did.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion

If anyone stumbles then he must repent. If anyone errs then he must repent. And no one must insist on (the path of) destruction. If anyone insists on tyranny then he is far away from the path

I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

Woman's ability to earn money is better protection against the tyranny and brutality of men than her ability to vote.

The Conservative does not despise government. He despises tyranny. This is precisely why the Conservative reveres the Constitution and insists on adherence to it.

The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.

The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.

The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.

The first sign of tyranny is government's complicity in privatizing the commons for private gain.

The miracle of compounding returns has been overwhelmed by the tyranny of compounding costs.

Democracy is a kingless regime infested by many kings who are sometimes more exclusive, tyrannical and destructive than one, even if he be a tyrant.

When economic power became concentrated in a few hands, then political power flowed to those possessors and away from the citizens, ultimately resulting in an oligarchy or tyranny.

I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.