#tyrant

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of. ↗

— Bill Moyers

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The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. ↗

— Lyn Nofziger

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Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm. ↗

— James Otis

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

— William Penn

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Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. ↗

— William Penn

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

— Plato

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

— John Polkinghorne

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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

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

— Bill Richardson

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The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free. ↗

— George W. Bush

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