Quotes about tyrants
tyrants
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe. George Herbert
tyrants hatred reign
There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment and expose the pretensions of tyrants and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant. And that is the force of human freedom. George W. Bush
tyrants intention strikes
Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike?
tyrants dumb lines
See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.
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Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.
tyrants ideas soldier
If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. Howard Zinn
tyrants tyranny can-not
Tremble, ye tyrants, for ye can not die. Jacques Delille
tyrants choices religion
Only a humorless tyrant could want a perpetual chanting of praises that, one has no choice but to assume, would be the innate virtues and splendors furnished him by his creator, infinite regression, drowned in praise! Christopher Hitchens
tyrants feet dust
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. George C. Wallace
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 return torment
Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us. Emily Bronte
tyrants profound sometimes
When sometimes, behind his back, they called him a tyrant, he merely smiled and uttered this profound observation: If some day I turn liberal, they will say I have let them down. Emile Zola
tyrants ideas atheism
The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster. Emile M. Cioran
tyrants slave
There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves. Jose Rizal
tyrants independence today
Why independence? If the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow.
tyrants cooperation duty
Non-cooperation with tyrants is a duty. Mahatma Gandhi
tyrants aids
Let us render the tyrant no aid. Frederick Douglass
tyrants church may
May the Lord destroy all the tyrants of the church. Amen. Michael Servetus
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 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 world affection
Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords. John Sterling
tyrants justice faces
The big tyrants never face justice George Galloway
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 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 government revolution
The right of revolution, which tyrants, in mockery, accord to mankind, is no legal right under a government; it is only a natural right to overturn a government. Lysander Spooner
tyrants common inspired
Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle. Jonathan Mayhew
tyrants suffering ifs
If Obama's a tyrant, he's a pretty tame tyrant. How many tyrants do you know that really suffer because they can't get cloture? Jon Stewart
tyrants house tyranny
Tyranny is like the electric wiring in an old house. A tyrant dies, the new tyrant takes possession, and all he has to do is drop the switch. John le Carre
tyrants people promise
Neither can oath nor promise bind any such people to obey and maintain tyrants against God and against his truth known. John Knox
tyrants people mind
That slow poison [slavery] is daily contaminating the minds and morals of our people. Every gentlemen here is born a petty tyrant, practiced in acts of despotism and cruelty. George Mason
tyrants needs united-states
A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy. Elliott Abrams
tyrants evil liberty
The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it. John Hay