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Tyranny Quotes

"One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny"

"Lack of freedom is the biggest outlaw"

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men"

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent"

"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves."

"The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants."

"Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called."

"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home"

"So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable"

"The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny"

"When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right"

"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy"

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants"

"Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think."

"We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it"

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