1.
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right.
Simon Bolivar
Oppression is legitimized, defiance is justified.
2.
All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.
George Orwell
All tyrannies govern by deceit and coercion, but once the deception is revealed they must solely depend on force.
3.
Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.
Aldous Huxley
Rulers can always reinforce their despotism by an invocation of loyalty.
4.
Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins.
John Locke
When Law ceases, Oppression begins.
5.
How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!
Samuel Adams
6.
A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson
7.
The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place.
James Madison
8.
The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.
Jose Rizal
9.
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
Thomas Paine
10.
There is no tyranny more ferocious than the tyranny of morality. Everything is sacrificed to it.
P.D. Ouspensky
11.
Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it.
Lysander Spooner
12.
I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.
John Hancock
13.
The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
Baron de Montesquieu
14.
Society's needs come before the individuals needs
Adolf Hitler
15.
Freedom is not possible without authority - otherwise it would turn into chaos and authority is not possible without freedom - otherwise it would turn into tyranny.
Stefan Zweig
16.
Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.
William Godwin
17.
Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny precisely because its principles are the founding principles.
Mark Levin
18.
If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.
Dee Hock
20.
The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
Aesop
21.
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt , there is tyranny .
Simone Weil
24.
We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That leadeth to tyranny, which disfigureth good and maketh it seem hateful.
J. R. R. Tolkien
25.
When more Americans prefer freebies to freedom, these great United States will become a fertile ground for tyranny.
Allen West
26.
Taxation without representation is tyranny.
James Otis
28.
In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.
Robert Griffin III
30.
Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
31.
Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.
Anthony Hopkins
32.
All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent.
Ingrid Newkirk
33.
I don't trust sentimentality in men; it goes with tyranny; you can't have one without the other.
Caitlin Thomas
34.
The fetters of tyranny were not stricken from America for the sake of Americans alone.
Orson F. Whitney
35.
The face of tyranny Is always mild at first.
Jean Racine
37.
A nation that enslaves another forges its own chains.
Karl Marx
38.
The bad thing of war is, that it makes more evil people than it can take away.
Immanuel Kant
39.
Our goal must be not peace in our time, but peace for all time.
Harry S. Truman
40.
Any unity which doesn't have its origin in the multitudes is tyranny.
Blaise Pascal
45.
Relativism poses as freedom but it is just another form of tyranny: You must believe that all religions are equal because we say they are. You must agree with us that everything is relative, or we will punish you.
Jeffrey Burton Russell
46.
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
Saadi
47.
Tyranny knows no restraint of appetite.
Jim Rohn
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We have to call it "freedom": who'd want to die for "a lesser tyranny"
Mignon McLaughlin