Tyrants Quotes

Clever tyrants are never punished.

The big tyrants never face justice.

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.

Ronald Reagan said that he sought a Star Wars defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R.

Let tyrants shake their iron rod.

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

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.

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could.

The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

The "Axis of Evil" was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always.

Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.

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.

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.

All men would be tyrants if they could.

One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.