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Despots Quotes

Even enlightened despots don’t make very good teachers Picture Quote #1

Freedom is contagious. That’s why despots fear it so much Picture Quote #1

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states Picture Quote #1

Despots and democratic majorities are drunk with power Picture Quote #1

The constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruption’s of time and party, its members would become despots Picture Quote #1

Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous Picture Quote #1

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The sea does not belong to despots. Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear one another to pieces, and be carried away with terrestrial horrors. But at thirty feet below its level, their reign ceases, their influence is quenched, and their power disappears Picture Quote #1

History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis Picture Quote #1

Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery Picture Quote #1

The end of despots is always odd?exhilarating to those who suffered their tyrannies, and to those who hold despotism in contempt, and anti-climatic at the same time, the discovery that these tyrants were petty, frightened men after all Picture Quote #1

Someone recently pointed out how much Barack Obama’s style and strategies resemble those of Latin American charismatic despots - the takeover of industries by demagogues who never ran a business, the rousing rhetoric of resentment addressed to the masses and the personal cult of the leader promoted by the media. But do we want to become the world’s largest banana republic? Picture Quote #1

Despots play their part in the works of thinkers. Fettered words are terrible words. The writer doubles and trebles the power of his writing when a ruler imposes silence on the people. Something emerges from that enforced silence, a mysterious fullness which filters through and becomes steely in the thought. Repression in history leads to conciseness in the historian, and the rocklike hardness of much celebrated prose is due to the tempering of the tyrant Picture Quote #1

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It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order Picture Quote #1

The orators and the despots have the least power in their cities... since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though they do whatever they think to be best Picture Quote #1

The devil’s aversion to holy water is a light matter compared with a despots dread of a newspaper that laughs Picture Quote #1

Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him Picture Quote #1

The peoples owe all political rights and privileges which we enjoy today in greater or lesser measure, not to the good will of their governments, but to their own strength. One need only study the history of the past three hundred years to understand by what relentless struggles every right has had to be wrested inch by inch from the despots Picture Quote #1

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Even enlightened despots don’t make very good teachers (Despots Quotes) Freedom is contagious. That’s why despots fear it so much (Despots Quotes) Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states (Despots Quotes) Despots and democratic majorities are drunk with power (Despots Quotes) The constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruption’s of time and party, its members would become despots. (Despots Quotes) Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous (Despots Quotes) The sea does not belong to despots. Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear one another to pieces, and be carried away with terrestrial horrors. But at thirty feet below its level, their reign ceases, their influence is quenched, and their power disappears. (Despots Quotes) History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis (Despots Quotes) Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery. (Despots Quotes) The end of despots is always odd?exhilarating to those who suffered their tyrannies, and to those who hold despotism in contempt, and anti-climatic at the same time, the discovery that these tyrants were petty, frightened men after all. (Despots Quotes) Someone recently pointed out how much Barack Obama’s style and strategies resemble those of Latin American charismatic despots - the takeover of industries by demagogues who never ran a business, the rousing rhetoric of resentment addressed to the masses and the personal cult of the leader promoted by the media. But do we want to become the world’s largest banana republic? (Despots Quotes) Despots play their part in the works of thinkers. Fettered words are terrible words. The writer doubles and trebles the power of his writing when a ruler imposes silence on the people. Something emerges from that enforced silence, a mysterious fullness which filters through and becomes steely in the thought. Repression in history leads to conciseness in the historian, and the rocklike hardness of much celebrated prose is due to the tempering of the tyrant (Despots Quotes) It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order (Despots Quotes) The orators and the despots have the least power in their cities... since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though they do whatever they think to be best (Despots Quotes) The devil’s aversion to holy water is a light matter compared with a despots dread of a newspaper that laughs (Despots Quotes) Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him (Despots Quotes) The peoples owe all political rights and privileges which we enjoy today in greater or lesser measure, not to the good will of their governments, but to their own strength. One need only study the history of the past three hundred years to understand by what relentless struggles every right has had to be wrested inch by inch from the despots (Despots Quotes)