20 quotes found
“Death is softer by far than tyranny.”
“Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.”
“He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.”
“Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”
“It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.”
“Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.”
“We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.”
“Tyranny will make an entire population into readers of poetry.”
“The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.”
“In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority.”
“Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.”
“Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression.”
“Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.”
“Unlimited power corrupts the possessor and this I know that where law ends there tyranny begins.”
“He who strikes terror into others is himself in continual fear.”
“Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.”
“Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.”
“'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.”
“A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.”
