Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes, Tyrants Quotes, Two Quotes

There are two kinds of rebellion. The first is one in which the slave demands something that the tyrant has got. The second is one in which he demands something that the tyrant has not got.

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There is also a doubt as to what is to be the supreme power in the state: - Is it the multitude? Or the wealthy? Or the good? Or the one best man? Or a tyrant?

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WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the service of her will and paralyzing his rebellious energies.

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Jefferson's Declaration of Independence is a practical document for the use of practical men. It is not a thesis for philosophers, but a whip for tyrants; it is not a theory of government but a program of action.

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Of old, the demagogue was also a general, and then democracies changed into tyrannies. Most of the ancient tyrants were originally demagogues. They are not so now, but they were then; and the reason is that they were generals and not orators, for oratory had not yet come into fashion.

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Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

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

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For out of such an ungoverned populace one is usually chosen as a leader, someone bold and unscrupulous who curries favor with the people by giving them other men's property. To such a man the protection of public office is given, and continually renewed. He emerges as a tyrant over the very people who raised him to power.

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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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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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Tyranny Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem None rebels except subjects? The prince who Neglects or violates his trust is more A brigand than the robber-chief.

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

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

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The hand of Vengeance found the Bed To which the Purple Tyrant fled The iron hand crush'd the tyrant's head And became Tyrant in his stead.

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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

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The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

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What want these outlaws conquerors should have but history's purchased page to call them great?

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The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

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To our strongest impulse, to the tyrant in us, not only our reason but also our conscience yields.

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For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.

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