#tyrants

All men would be tyrants if they could. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

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The mob is the mother of tyrants. ↗

— Diogenes

#mother #tyrants

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

— Charles Caleb Colton

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Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them. ↗

— George Santayana

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

— John Sterling

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The "Axis of Evil" was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well. ↗

— Michael Ledeen

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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies. ↗

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#poets #russia #their #tyrants #worst

One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#kings #save #tyrants #weeps #why

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

— Daniel Defoe

#could #left #men #nature #tyrants