#tyrant

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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

— Aristotle

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Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always. ↗

— Andre Malraux

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

— John Polkinghorne

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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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A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant. ↗

— George Byron

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Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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