Tyrants Quotes

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

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

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

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

Poles understand perhaps better than anyone the consequences of making toothless warnings to brutal tyrants and terrorist regimes.

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

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

The big tyrants never face justice.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

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.

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.

Let tyrants shake their iron rod.

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.

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

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

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

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

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

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

There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.

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

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

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

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.

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

All men would be tyrants if they could.

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.