“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”
William Penn
“Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants”
“Where God does not govern, tyrants will rule”
“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.”
Aristotle
“Clever tyrants are never punished.”
Voltaire
“With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.”
William Lloyd Garrison