#tyrant

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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Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords. ↗

— John Sterling

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In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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Love is a tyrant sparing none. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. ↗

— Abigail Adams

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The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea. ↗

— John Adams

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Any excuse will serve a tyrant. ↗

— Aesop

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. ↗

— Aristotle

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Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Let tyrants shake their iron rod. ↗

— William Billings

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