Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
Edmund Burke
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Nostalgia for dead tyrants and the longing for heroes are unhealthy, and they can result in the deification of a Saddam as easily as a Havel or Mandela.
Rory Stewart
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Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
William Penn
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War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.
Charles Caleb Colton
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Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could.
Daniel Defoe
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May the Lord destroy all the tyrants of the church. Amen.
Michael Servetus
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Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
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Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
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All men would be tyrants if they could.
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