Quotes of: Tyranny Keyword

It is manifest that the only security against the tyranny of the government lies in forcible resistance to the execution of the injustice; because the injustice will certainly be executed, unless it be forcibly resisted.

Lysander Spooner

In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an elaborate system of checks and balances.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

I've always considered the government taking one out of every two dollars I earn absolute tyranny.

Steven Van Zandt

The Postmodernists' tyranny wears people down by boredom and semi-literate prose.

Christopher Hitchens

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Charles de Montesquieu

We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.

James H. Douglas, Jr.

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

Ma Jian

Memory is a political act. Forgetfulness is the handmaiden of tyranny.

Life

Silent acquiescence in the face of tyranny is no better than outright agreement.

Defiance

Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression.

Jonathan Sacks

I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny.

Zell Miller

When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government.

Jacob K. Javits

Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.

Maggie Gallagher

As freedom-loving people across the globe hope for an end to tyranny, we will never forget the enormous suffering of the Holocaust.

Bob Beauprez

We have the universe to roam in in imagination. It is our virtue to be infinitely varied. The worst tyranny is uniformity.

George William Russell

Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny.

Mike Pence

The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.

Mikhail Bakunin

There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.

Frederick William Robertson

The alternative to rule is not freedom but the unconstitutional (and often unconscious) tyranny of the most selfish member.

C.S. Lewis

The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.

Ice T

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

James Madison