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			 The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of read more 
	 The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy 
		
 
	
			 Is there no tyrant but the crowned one?
 [Fr., N'est-on jamais tyran qu'avec un diademe?]  
	 Is there no tyrant but the crowned one?
 [Fr., N'est-on jamais tyran qu'avec un diademe?] 
		
 
	
			 I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.  
	 I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. 
		
 
	
			 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.] 
		
 
	
			 O nation miserable,
 With an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptred,
  When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again,
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	 O nation miserable,
 With an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptred,
  When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again,
   Since that the truest issue of thy throne
    By his own interdiction stands accursed
     And does blaspheme his breed? 
		
 
	
			 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. 
		
 
	
			 Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the read more 
	 Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. 
		
 
	
			 Any excuse will serve a tyrant.  
	 Any excuse will serve a tyrant. 
		
 
	
			 The closed door and the sealed lips are prerequisites to tyranny.  
	 The closed door and the sealed lips are prerequisites to tyranny.