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Last Updated on May 30, 2021

King
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Nov 07, 2020

The original settlers in Iceland were the nobles of Norway who left their native land to avoid the tyranny of Harold Fairhair, who tried to crush their power so as to make himself a despotic king in the land.

Quotes by Sabine Baring-Gould

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during the rest of my life, of any such rights, the barbarous relics of a feudal, despotic system.

Quotes by Robert Dale Owen

Power
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Nov 07, 2020

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.

Quotes by Oriana Fallaci

Change
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Nov 07, 2020

We invaded Iraq to change a totalitarian, despotic regime, and we have been successful there.

Quotes by Judd Gregg

Government
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Nov 07, 2020

How can this full, perfect, just and supreme voice of the people, embodied in the Constitution, be brought to bear, habitually and steadily, in counteracting the fatal tendency of the government to the absolute and despotic control of the numerical majority?

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

Dangerous
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Nov 07, 2020

I hold it to be the most monstrous proposition ever uttered within the Senate that conquering a country like Mexico, the President can constitute himself a despotic ruler without the slightest limitation on his power. If all this be true, war is indeed dangerous!

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

Nov 07, 2020

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

Quotes by Frank Herbert

Army
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Nov 07, 2020

Under the all-encompassing aid system, too many places in Africa continue to flounder under inept, corrupt and despotic regimes who spend their time courting and catering to the demands of the army of aid organizations.

Quotes by Dambisa Moyo

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