- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
Despotic Quotes
This collection of despotic quotes touches on historical struggles against unchecked rulers, from the invasion of Iraq to change a totalitarian regime to warnings about a president becoming a despotic ruler without limitation. Other lines recall Iceland's early settlers fleeing tyranny, or the constitutional voice of the people counteracting government's drift toward despotism. Together they trace how despotic power has been challenged across eras.
These despotic quotes examine how unchecked power is confronted throughout history, a theme also found in Change. Both explore resistance to overreaching authority.
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- 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.
- 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.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
We invaded Iraq to change a totalitarian, despotic regime, and we have been successful there.
- 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?
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020