Bill Richardson on tyrant
Bill Richardson31 quotes“Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.”
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L’arbre de la liberté croît lorsqu’il est arrosé du sang de toute espèce de tyrans (The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants).
Bertrand BarereBertrand Barere The shortest way to change a radical into a conservative, a liberal into a tyrant, a man into a beast, is to give him power over his fellows.
Benjamin TuckerBenjamin Tucker I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
Cato the YoungerCato the Younger Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
Baron de MontesquieuBaron de Montesquieu A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover – but will sooner or later find a tyrant.
Lord ByronLord Byron That everything around you give you its utter attention, think only of you, care only for you…every man wants to be a tyrant when he fornicates.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Lycurgus, Numa, Moses, Jesus Christ, Mohammed, all these great rogues, all these great thought-tyrants, knew how to associate the divinities they fabricated with their own boundless ambition.
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