#tyra

Death is softer by far than tyranny. ↗

— Aeschylus

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Mild speech is the best form of showing the Calmness of ones soul, Rough talk forms all types of unease for all man - you won't be able to talk to God Roughly though - so keep silent. ↗

— A Gentlemen

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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. ↗

— Aristotle

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Tyranny Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights, However his own commence, can never be But an usurper. ↗

— Henry Brooke

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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

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There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife. ↗

— Stephen Spender

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Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to suffer what he did suffer is to do violence not merely to language but to any healthy moral sense. ↗

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

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Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible when tyranny threatened a world. ↗

— Steve Buyer

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