Tyranny Quotes

Whenever one tries to suppress doubt , there is tyranny .

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.

It is the tyranny of hidden prejudices that makes us deaf to what speaks to us in tradition.

No state, no government exists. What does in fact exist is a man, or a few men, in power over many men.

The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

The only way to make a difference is to acquire power.

When justices seize authority from the other branches of the federal government, as well as state and local governments, under the rubric of judicial review, that’s tyranny.

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.

Although tyranny...may successfully rule over foreign peoples, it can stay in power only if it destroys first of all the national institutions of its own people.

I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution.

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

Any appeasement of tyranny is treason.

Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.

In every village there will arise a miscreant to establish the most grinding tyranny by calling himself the people.

A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection.

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.

When more Americans prefer freebies to freedom, these great United States will become a fertile ground for tyranny.

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth.

Plurality which is not reduced to unity is confusion; unity which does not depend on plurality is tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That leadeth to tyranny, which disfigureth good and maketh it seem hateful.

The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.

The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.

Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.

It is the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.

Taxation without representation is tyranny.

The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.

There are only two roads, victory for the working class, freedom, or victory for the fascists which means tyranny. Both combatants know what's in store for the loser.

Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.

Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos.

In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.

Call me an alarmist, but we are witnessing the beginning of the most frightening period of government tyranny in our nation's history.

Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority.

Marriage is a tyranny, a mortification of man's natural instincts. Man needs a multiplicity of relationships.

It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.

Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.

I have a lot of guns on my ranch. I don't use them for hunting. I'm not a hunter. It's for protection. The Second Amendment was designed for tyranny.

Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final.

All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent.

Nevertheless, to the persecution and tyranny of his cruel ministry we will not tamely submit - appealing to Heaven for the justice of our cause, we determine to die or be free . . . .

Through the inevitable mismanagement of resources and goods at the disposal of the state, all forms of collectivism lead eventually to tyranny.

I don't trust sentimentality in men; it goes with tyranny; you can't have one without the other.