(75 quotes found)
“Superstitious man is to the rogue what the slave is to the tyrant”
Voltaire
“The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast / The little tyrant of his fields withstood;/ Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, / Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.”
Thomas Gray
“Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.”
Benjamin Franklin
“You can never tire, never wilt-and become half-tyrant, half-psychiatrist, half-madman, and half-dead to get it the way you want. Which I did. And it almost killed me.”
Dirk Benedict
“The maxim of the tyrant, 'If you would rule the world quietly, you must keep it amused”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.”
Aristotle
“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.”
“Tyrannical men, rarely announce they are tyrants. Instead, Man must use their eyes and ears to spot out their betrayers, and put a stop to them; before it is too late.”
Enrique Vega
“The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything”
Clarence Darrow
