Great Words on Tyranny
I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
Thomas Jefferson, Third US President
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
James Madison, US President 1809-17
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
James Madison, US President 1809-17
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
Lord Acton, British Historian 1834-1902
While we are under the tyranny of Priests, it will ever be their interest, to invalidate the law of nature and reason, in order to establish systems incompatible therewith.
Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary War Leader
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary/Leader of the Committee for Public Safety
A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian Writer/Soviet Dissident
There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.
Walt Whitman, American Poet
Thomas Jefferson, Third US President
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
James Madison, US President 1809-17
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
James Madison, US President 1809-17
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
Lord Acton, British Historian 1834-1902
While we are under the tyranny of Priests, it will ever be their interest, to invalidate the law of nature and reason, in order to establish systems incompatible therewith.
Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary War Leader
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary/Leader of the Committee for Public Safety
A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian Writer/Soviet Dissident
There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.
Walt Whitman, American Poet
Posted at 11/01/2006 04:06:00 PM UTC
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