Tyrants Quotes

May the Lord destroy all the tyrants of the church. Amen.

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

Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of supporting tyrants and killers.

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

Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

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.

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

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.

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

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

The big tyrants never face justice.