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«No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.»
«If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own»
«Lycurgus, Numa, Moses, Jesus Christ, Mohammed, all these great rogues, all these great thought-tyrants, knew how to associate the divinities they fabricated with their own boundless ambition.»
«Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.»
«If you want a war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men are ever subject, because doctrines get inside a man's reason and betray him against himself. Civilized men have done their fiercest fighting for doctrines.»
«Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could»
Author: Daniel Defoe | Keywords: tincture, tyrants
«One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants.»
Author: Marquis De Sade (Novelist) | Keywords: kings, save, tyrants, weeps
«Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants»
Author: William Penn (Founder) | About: God, Men, Tyranny | Keywords: governed, ruled, tyrants
«Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.»
«Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.»

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