...great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant... Votes: 3
Alexander HamiltonBoth oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. Votes: 2
AristotleThe tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins. Votes: 2
Soren KierkegaardEvery successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed. Votes: 2
Barbara TuchmanIn every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. Votes: 2
AeschylusThe tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them. Votes: 2
Emily BronteThis and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. Votes: 2
PlatoLiberalism defines government as tyrant father but demands it behave as nurturant mother. Votes: 1
Camille PagliaDespotism subjects a nation to one tyrant; democracy, to many. Votes: 0
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonThis tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues,Was once thought honest. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareA genius doesn't adjust his treatment of a theme to a tyrant's taste Votes: 0
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe tyrant claims freedom to kill freedom, and yet keep it for himself. Votes: 0
Rabindranath TagoreWhoever declares a child to be "delicate" thereby crowns and anoints a tyrant. Votes: 0
Robertson DaviesMore harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators. Votes: 0
Dennis PragerThe tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins. Votes: 0
Søren KierkegaardThere can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven. Votes: 0
Robert Green IngersollOld age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted. Votes: 0
Christian Nestell BoveeIn order to have the stuff of a tyrant, a certain mental derangement is necessary. Votes: 0
Emile M. CioranThe idea of perfection can be a tyrant you should overthrow, to gain your freedom. Votes: 0
Kate GrenvilleMy father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant. Votes: 0
June JordanIn adamantine chains shall Death be bound, And Hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound. Votes: 0
Alexander PopeStill when the lust of tyrant power succeeds, some Athens perishes, or some Tully bleeds. Votes: 0
Alexander PopeThe King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience. Votes: 0
Patrick HenrySlavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. Votes: 0
George MasonMan is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him. Votes: 0
Lucretia MottInsane!... Ask the tyrant who is his most dangerous foe, the sane man or the insane? Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauAncient art was the tyrant of Egypt, the mistress of Greece and the servant of Rome. Votes: 0
Henry FuseliVirtue cannot dwell with slaves, nor reign O'er those who cower to take a tyrant's yoke. Votes: 0
William C. BryantIn buskined measures move Pale Grief and pleasing Pain, With Horror, tyrant of the throbbing breast. Votes: 0
Thomas GrayMy father was a tyrant about reading, and that put me off books when I was little. Votes: 0
Honeysuckle WeeksFear is a tyrant and a despot, more terrible than the rack, more potent than the snake. Votes: 0
Edgar WallaceLaw is often the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonIn a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. Votes: 0
Emile M. CioranWhy should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away? Votes: 0
Benjamin MartinTo our strongest impulse, to the tyrant in us, not only our reason but also our conscience yields. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheThe government is a tyrant living by theft, and therefore has no business to engage in any business. Votes: 0
Benjamin TuckerRemember that it is not by a tyrant's words, but only by his deeds that we can know him. Votes: 0
Dwight D. EisenhowerWhen you fight a war against a tyrant, who do you kill? You kill the victims of the tyrant. Votes: 0
Howard ZinnA tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. Votes: 0
PlatoI didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant. Votes: 0
Oriana FallaciWhoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy. Votes: 0
Pierre-Joseph ProudhonPower is a dangerous thing. Be careful that you don't abuse it or let it make a tyrant of you. Votes: 0
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