#tyrants

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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Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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

— Bill Richardson

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