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The tyrant now
Trusts not to men: nightly within his chamber
The watch-dog guards his couch, the read more
The tyrant now
Trusts not to men: nightly within his chamber
The watch-dog guards his couch, the only friend
He now dare trust.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
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!
Tyranny
Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights,
Howe'er his own commence, can never be
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Tyranny
Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights,
Howe'er his own commence, can never be
But an usurper.
No tyrant need fear till men begin to feel confident in each
other.
No tyrant need fear till men begin to feel confident in each
other.
Tyranny and anarchy are never far asunder.
Tyranny and anarchy are never far asunder.
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?]
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom--for himself.
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom--for himself.
