tyranny Quotes

“Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are all embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.”

― Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays

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“There is so worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.”

― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

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“An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.”

― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”

― George Orwell, 1984

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“O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia, and Africa, have long expelled her—Europe...”

― Thomas Paine, Common Sense

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“Public opinion is always more tyrannical towards those who obviously fear it than towards those who feel indifferent to it.”

― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

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“religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government.”

― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

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“The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God”

― Stendhal, The Red and the Black

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“Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.”

― George Orwell, 1984

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“History has informed us that bodies of men, as well as individuals, are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny.”

― Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View of the Rights of British America

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