Tyranny Quotes
13 quotations about Tyranny
Death is softer by far than tyranny.
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.
The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors.
The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them.
Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow.
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
Tyranny is yielding to the lust of the governing.
Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.
Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.