#tyrant

Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states. ↗

— Demosthenes

#excessive #free #good #security #states

Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey. ↗

— Matthew Prior

#anger #cruel #dart #escape #fantastic

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#god #obedience #rebellion #tyrants

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#could #left #men #nature #tyrants

Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him. ↗

— Charles Fourier

#government #liberty #poltics #tyrants #friendship

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

— Abigail Adams

#could #hands #husbands #into #men

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

#doubted #flea #hang #kill #more

Any excuse will serve a tyrant. ↗

— Aesop

#excuse #serve #tyrant #will

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

#appearance #apprehensive #believing #consider #devotion

It's important to remember that Bush Derangement Syndrome on the left - comparing him to Hitler, calling him a terrorist and a tyrant - preceded Obama Derangement Syndrome on the right. ↗

— John Avlon

#calling #comparing #him #hitler #important