Tyranny Quotes

flight from tyranny does not of itself insure a safe asylum, far less a happy home.

The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.

If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own.

As usurpation is the exercise of power which another has a right to, so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to.

Sole reigning holds the tyranny of Heav'n.

What is the greater good but tyranny’s chameleon?

Tyranny Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem None rebels except subjects? The prince who Neglects or violates his trust is more A brigand than the robber-chief.

We gain nothing by trading the tyranny of capital for the tyranny of labor.

As in Jesus' time, so today, tyranny and pride need to be whipped out of the temple, and humility and divine Science to be welcomed in.

Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny.

[Tyranny is] to compel men not to think as they do, to compel men to express thoughts that are not their own.

The loss of objectivity in moral thought does not lead to liberation. It leads to oppression. Secular ideologies preach liberty, but they practice tyranny.

The very concept of law that protects us from tyranny has been lost. No longer the people's shield, law has become a weapon in the hands of government.

Civilization is now under the tyranny of relativism.

Religion gives us a place to stand outside politics, and without it we're vulnerable to a system in which the state defines everything, which is the essence of tyranny.

Violence always seems to me the worst form of tyranny. It deprives people of their rights, including the right to live.

Only tyrannies understand the power of art.

The so-called literature of escape, with its growing popularity, is in part a revolt against the tyranny of clocks.

The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us.

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny.

There is no greater tyranny than that of the dead over the living.

Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do.

The essence of tyranny is not iron law. It is capricious law.

If you know only one language, you're a prisoner, stuck in the tyranny of that one language.

the most sacred business of judges is not to ratify the will of the majority but to protect the minority from its tyranny.

Tyranny of freedom is do what you like. There's a world gone crazy, cause it can't say no.

The post-war "publish or perish" tyranny must end. The profession has become obsessed with quantity rather than quality. [...] One brilliant article should outweigh one mediocre book.

... resistance to tyranny is man's highest ideal.

Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny.

Tyranny has no need of arts or sciences, for its policy, which is very shallow and without any refinement, only consists in shedding blood.

Tyranny seldom announces itself...In fact, a tyranny may exist without an individual tyrant. A whole government, even a democratically elected one, may be tyrannical.

Tyranny may creep in under the outward forms of traditional law.

The tyranny of necessity grants its slaves three kinds of freedom: opinion free from intellect, entertainment free from art, and orgies free from love.

If it's a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed.

There is such a torture, happily unknown to ancient tyranny, as talking a man to death. Marcus Aurelius advises to assent readily to great talkers--in hopes, I suppose, to put an end to the argument.

He who disguises tyranny, protection, or even benefits under the air and name of friendship reminds me of the guilty priest who poisoned the sacramental bread.

Conquest, tyranny, treachery, and the clash of cultures bring about corrupt societies, and so does old age. Sometimes the five faces of corruption are visible at the same time.

[My art is] capable of liberating man from the tyranny of the 'practical, rational world.'

Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!

A great wave of oppressive tyranny isn't going to strike, but rather a slow seepage of oppressive laws and regulations from within will sink the American dream of liberty. George Baumler Quotes.

Democracy gives the aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be considered tyranny.

Of all tyrannies a country can suffer, the worst is the tyranny of the majority.

If I were to vote, I would intentionally vote for the goofiest candidate. It is my theory that when the people can outwit the leader, the more respected their voices will be.

It's all very well to put the government in the hands of the perfect man, but what do you do when the perfect man gets a bellyache?

The enemy is the tyranny of the dull mind.

To all the revolutionaries fighting to throw off the yoke of tyranny around the world: look at British democracy. Is that what you want?

We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.

Give up the tyranny of female charm.

There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he would say. 'Love knows when to break them.'

The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.