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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.

by Voltaire Found in: Tyranny Quotes,
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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
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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.]

by Hardouin De Perefixe Found in: Tyranny Quotes,
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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

by Mahatma Gandhi Found in: Tyranny Quotes,
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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?]

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The closed door and the sealed lips are prerequisites to tyranny.

The closed door and the sealed lips are prerequisites to tyranny.

by Frank L. Stanton Found in: Tyranny Quotes,
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The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins

by Soren Kierkegaard Found in: Tyranny Quotes,
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Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

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Th' oppressive, sturdy, man-destroying villains,
Who ravag'd kingdoms, and laid empires waste,
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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.

by Robert Blair Found in: Tyranny Quotes,
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Men are still men. The despot's wickedness
Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,--
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Men are still men. The despot's wickedness
Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,--
Comes of the purple he from childhood wears,
Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Tyranny Quotes,
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