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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command — Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
It's all very well to put the government in the hands of the perfect man, but what do you do when the perfect man gets a — David Eddings, Belgarath the Sorcerer
Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error. — Thomas Jefferson, Letters of Thomas Jefferson
No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices. — Edward R. Murrow
The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the takingit away from those who have a different complexion or slightlyfl — Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
Rejoicing in his absolute authority, the single egoist will exploit it methodically, whereas a mêlée of egoists will bri — Bertrand De Jouvenel, Sovereignty
Both of these positions, inevitability and eternity, are antihistorical. The only thing that stands between them is hist — Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Politics doesn't align with emotions. An emotional politician is most likely to be a tyrannical leader. — Henry Johnson Jr
Ethics and oversight are what you eliminate when you want absolute power. — DaShanne Stokes
Discerning the difference between a dictator and a leader is quite easy. The former cannot help but see ‘leading’ and ‘s — Craig D. Lounsbrough
The only way to ensure democracy functions correctly is to question its governance constantly. Fail to do so and you may — Stewart Stafford
On the levels of politics and theology, beauty is perfectly compatible with nonsense and tyranny. Which is very fortunat — Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited
We live in an age of equivocal competency: if you want, you can be a competent dictator, a competent self-promoter, a co — Clifford Cohen
Whether you go your separate ways or stay together, you will continue to witness--against ignorance, against cruelty, an — Adam Gidwitz, The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
Oh Lion in a peculiar guise,Sharp Roman road to Paradise,Come eat me up, I'll pay thy tollWith all my flesh, and keep my — Stevie Smith, Selected Poems
But its exclusive character and irreconcileable hostility to the religious cults and ceremonies with which the whole soc — Christopher Henry Dawson, Religion and World History: A Selection from the Works of Christopher Dawson
Whenever Christ calls us, his call leads us to death. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Initially, the God of the Old Testament might seem overwhelming and domineering to you, or tyrannical, or perhaps even e — Criss Jami, Healology
Every exceptional bias against Christianity I find to be evidence for its validity. — Criss Jami, Healology
The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master. He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft o — Charles Dickens, Bleak House