- Enemies
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tyrants Quotes
Quotes on tyranny, rebellion, and resisting unchecked power.
These tyrants quotes draw on a long tradition of political defiance, including the claim that tyrants everywhere fear poets most. Several lines frame rebellion against tyranny as a moral, even religious, duty.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
- Petty
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- Nov 07, 2020
When politicians don black robes and seize powers they do not have, they should be called out for what they are - usurpers and petty tyrants.
- Commerce
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- Nov 07, 2020
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
- Nov 07, 2020
The 'Axis of Evil' was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't have to settle for Freedom Caucus tactics - those guys are tyrants. We don't have to accept that. In fact, we can't and have this country be what this country really can be.
- Simply
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents, but to liquidate them, to deny that they have ever existed.
- Limits
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- Nov 07, 2020
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.
- Seldom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
All men would be tyrants if they could.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020