Quotes about tyrant
tyrants idealism-and-realism despots
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. Mikhail Bakunin
tyrants hands enemy
Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
tyrants risk stopping
When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator. Margaret Thatcher
tyrants ideas people
Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? J. K. Rowling
tyrants revolution chance
A rebellion against a tyrant is only immoral when it hasn't got a chance. Muriel Spark
tyrants church may
May the Lord destroy all the tyrants of the church. Amen. Michael Servetus
tyrants world affection
Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords. John Sterling
tyrants covenant weapons
Death is the ultimate weapon of the tyrant; resurrection does not make a covenant with death, it overthrows it. N. T. Wright
tyrants bricks thrones
Every apathetic individual is a brick in a tyrant's throne. Philip Slater
tyrants license
A popular license is indeed the many-headed tyrant. Philip Sidney
tyrants differences bigs
There's a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant. Mary Kay Ash
tyrants coward tyranny
none can be Tyrants but Cowards. Mary Astell
tyrants humanity tails
The slaves of today will become the tyrants of tomorrow--the proletariat overthrows the hegemon to become the hegemon itself, only to be eventually overthrown by a proto-hegemon that will in turn lose its position. It is this dizzying cycle that keeps humanity chasing the tail it lost millennia ago Miguel Syjuco
tyrants growth prejudice
It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice. Henry A. Wallace
tyrants cooperation duty
Non-cooperation with tyrants is a duty. Mahatma Gandhi
tyrants newspapers tyranny
If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own. James F. Cooper
tyrants justice faces
The big tyrants never face justice George Galloway
tyrants house shadow
Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things be lacking, I would not buy the rest for the shadow of smoke as against happiness. Sophocles
tyrants realizing cop
All the cops are just workers for the one percent, and they don't even realize they're being exploited. Ray Lewis
tyrants race leader
Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race. Tim Bishop
tyrants enemy worst
The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts. William Ellery Channing
tyrants fog drunk
I loved Jack Ford. I got him in his later days, and he was a total tyrant and a total autocrat and an Irish drunk. But I had a great time. Richard Widmark
tyrants stuff records
You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff. Richard Pryor
tyrants ignorant democracy
The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well. Walter Lippmann
tyrants government politics
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. Voltaire
tyrants law sovereign
The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.
tyrants reign yoke
Virtue cannot dwell with slaves, nor reign O'er those who cower to take a tyrant's yoke. William C. Bryant
tyrants earth palaces
Tyrants never perish from tyranny, but always from folly,-when their fantasies have built up a palace for which the earth has no foundation. Walter Savage Landor
tyrants balance fool
[Magna Carta provided] "a system of checks and balances which would accord the monarchy its necessary strength, but would prevent its perversion by a tyrant or a fool. Winston Churchill
tyrants causes disease
A tyrant is the worst disease, and the cause of all others. William Blake
tyrants vision firm
Hold firm to your vision but don't be a tyrant on set, Werner Herzog
tyrants doors morality
To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny. Simone Weil
tyrants ideas
The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God. Stendhal