Quotes about Tyranny

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This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half. — George Orwell, Animal Farm
I am a strong believer in the tyranny, the dictatorship, the absolute authority of the writer. — Philip Pullman
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which — John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy
Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade... — Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all — John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
There may be some truth (atheists) do not need to believe in a god to be good, but then if they do not believe in a god, — E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
Today the aggressor is the shepherd of peace, and the beaten and hunted are the troublemakers of the world. What's more, — Erich Maria Remarque, Flotsam
Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny. It's the only one. It's based on thousands of years of human experience. There — Mark R. Levin
Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public servi — Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio
To stop oppression, you will first end the tyranny of the oppressors. — Steven Chuks Nwakokeke
Hurricanes couldn’t remove you from my mind. You’re my world and I’m incapable of not loving you. — Billie-Jo Williams
It seemed that out of every tear of a martyr new confessors were born, and that every groan on the arena found an echo i — Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis
Why should I fear death?If I am, then death is not.If Death is, then I am not.Why should I fear that which can only exis — Epicurus
In a democracy, there will be more complaints but less crisis, in a dictatorship more silence but much more suffering. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
SEPTEMBER 1, 1939I sit in one of the divesOn Fifty-second StreetUncertain and afraidAs the clever hopes expireOf a low d — W.H. Auden, Another Time
Let them shoot us in the head,My blood will grow rootsand will blossom. — Visar Zhiti, The Condemned Apple: Selected Poetry
In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, — Eugene V. Debs, Voices of a People's History of the United States
As long as a population can be induced to believe in a supernatural hereafter, it can be oppressed and controlled. Peopl — Tom Robbins, Skinny Legs and All
The people’s silence is a tyrant’s greatest advocate. The less captives talked, the less they knew; the less they knew, — John Kramer, Blythe
Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind. — Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged