George W. Bush Quotes, Tyrants Quotes, Intention Quotes

Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike?

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All three states - the Lacedaemonian, the Cretan, and the Carthaginian - nearly resemble one another, and are very different from any others. Many of the Carthaginian institutions are excellent. The superiority of their constitution is proved by the fact that the common people remains loyal to the constitution; the Carthaginians have never had any rebellion worth speaking of, and have never been under the rule of a tyrant.

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A tyrant is the worst disease, and the cause of all others.

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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.

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In adamantine chains shall Death be bound, And Hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound.

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Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.

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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.

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International law? I better call my lawyer; he didn't bring that up to me.

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The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

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The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

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Throughout the history of mankind there have been murderers and tyrants; and while it may seem momentarily that they have the upper hand, they have always fallen. Always.

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The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

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We stand for the maintenance of private property... We shall protect free enterprise as the most expedient, or rather the sole possible economic order.

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The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.

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The master minds of all nations, in all ages, have sprung in affluent multitude from the mass of the nations, and from the mass of the nation only-not from its privileged classes.

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How can tyrants safely govern home, Unless abroad they purchase great alliance.

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A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.

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It is also in the interests of a tyrant to make his subjects poo...the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting.

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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.

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Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant can trickle when she wounds!

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