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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy
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.
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.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
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.
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their read more
The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that
Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice--
The read more
Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that
Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice--
The weakness and the wickedness of luxury--
The negligence--the apathy--the evils
Of sensual sloth--produces ten thousand tyrants,
Whose delegated cruelty surpasses
The worst acts of one energetic master,
However harsh and hard in his own bearing.
