#despotism

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. ↗

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The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism, and ought to have no place among Republicans and Christians. ↗

— Angelina Grimke

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So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

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Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Have any of our friends got off the Island with their families, or what must they submit to? Despotism or destruction, I fear, is their fate. ↗

— William Floyd

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Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous. ↗