#tyra

Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny. ↗

— Mike Pence

#decades #democracy #deserve #good #good people

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants. ↗

— William Penn

#governed #men #must #ruled #tyrants

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. ↗

— William Penn

#obedience #rebellion #tyrants

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. ↗

— Plato

#arises #democracy #dictatorship #extreme #form

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. ↗

— Plato

#first #other #protector #root #springs

Whitehead reacted strongly against the idea of God as a cosmic tyrant, one who brings about everything. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#against #brings #cosmic #everything #god

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#short-lived #tyranny

You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#made #off #offends #played #record

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

— Bill Richardson

#been #enlightenment #free #ignorance #salvation

Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military. ↗

— Bob Riley

#away #budding #democracies #due #half