#despot

If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness. ↗

— Voltaire

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Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence. ↗

— Aeschylus

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Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

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Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards. ↗

— Aeschines

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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states. ↗

— Demosthenes

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Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

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Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism. ↗

— Michel Foucault

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