(207 quotes found)
“There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.”
Charles de Montesquieu
“The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it”
John Ray
“A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.”
Beverly Sills
“Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.”
B. R. Ambedkar
“History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny”
Thomas Jefferson
“Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst”
Thomas Paine
“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
“Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher, he shepherds his flocks in the ways of utility and comfort.”
Marshall McLuhan
“Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos”
Polybius
“Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy”
John Pierpont Morgan
