Tyrants Quotes
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.
Helen Dunmore
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
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.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.
Bill Richardson
Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could.
Daniel Defoe
The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Lyn Nofziger
Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.
Edmund Burke
The "Axis of Evil" was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well.
Michael Ledeen
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson
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 have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
Voltaire
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.
Andre Malraux
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
Abigail Adams
Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.
George Santayana
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.
Richard Pryor