Quotes About Tyranny

They were taught about democracy in London, not about tyranny in Cairo.

Vivimos en una tiranía brutal [… ] Tenemos que hacer algo para mantener viva la esperanza.

Fascists. They're both evil.

Dimka said angrily: "Why the hell do you risk everything for the sake of an empty protest?" "We live in a brutal tyranny," she said. "We have to do something to keep hope alive." "We

The arbitrary power of wicked men

La dualidad importante era entre tiranía y tolerancia, entre quienes intentaban imponer su punto de vista a todo el mundo y quienes respetaban la fe de aquellos que no estaban de acuerdo

I don't think it really matters whether parents are strict or lenient, as long as they're consistent. Kids can live with more or less any set of rules so long as they know what they are. It's arbitrary tyranny that gets them mixed up.

You can't tell what a tyrant is going to do," she said. "Uncertainty is one of their weapons. I've lived under the Nazis as well as the Communists. They're depressingly similar.

Es imposible saber lo que hará un tirano —sentenció—. La incertidumbre es una de sus armas. He vivido en la Alemania de los nazis y en la de los comunistas, y son tristemente parecidas.

They claimed popular support, but banned all opposition. Lloyd

Soha meg nem fordultak a fejemben a lelki betegség hatalmi vonatkozásai. Gondold csak meg: minél Å'rültebb az ember, annál nagyobb lehet a hatalma. Vedd Hitlert. Tébolyban az erÅ'.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.

The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

It is not the particular man in power that I oppose, but the power itself, which is unjust.

There are always people willing to commit unspeakable human atrocity in exchange for a little power and privilege.

A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers.

Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.

Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

Ignorant power is a bane!

As usurpation is the exercise of power which another has a right to, so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to.

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.