#tyrants

All men would be tyrants if they could. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

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The mob is the mother of tyrants. ↗

— Diogenes

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Clever tyrants are never punished. ↗

— Voltaire

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The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants. ↗

— Albert Camus

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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

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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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Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle. ↗

— Jonathan Mayhew

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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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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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