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			 Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.  
	 Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. 
		
 
	
			 Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them  
	 Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them 
		
 
	
			 Bleed, bleed, poor Country!
 Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,
  For goodness dare not check thee; read more 
	 Bleed, bleed, poor Country!
 Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,
  For goodness dare not check thee; wear thou thy wrongs,
   The title is affeered! 
		
 
	
			 This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.  
	 This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. 
		
 
	
			 None but tyrants have any business to be afraid.
 [Fr., Fr., Il n'appartient, qu'aux tyrans d'etre toujours en 
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	 None but tyrants have any business to be afraid.
 [Fr., Fr., Il n'appartient, qu'aux tyrans d'etre toujours en 
crainte.] 
		
 
	
			 You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door read more 
	 You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbour. 
		
 
	
			 A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the 
profit of all, a read more 
	 A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the 
profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few. 
		
 
	
			 Tyranny
 Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem
  None rebels except subjects? The prince who
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	 Tyranny
 Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem
  None rebels except subjects? The prince who
   Neglects or violates his trust is more
    A brigand than the robber-chief. 
		
 
	
			 Th' oppressive, sturdy, man-destroying villains,
 Who ravag'd kingdoms, and laid empires waste,
  And in a cruel wantonness read more 
	 Th' oppressive, sturdy, man-destroying villains,
 Who ravag'd kingdoms, and laid empires waste,
  And in a cruel wantonness of power,
   Thinn'd states of half their people, and gave up
    To want the rest.