Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.
James Madison, 1751 – 1836
Tag: tyranny
Every successful revolution puts on, in time, the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.
Barbara W. Tuchman, 1912 – 1989
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Tyranny
When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.
Robert A. Heinlein, 1907 – 1988
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The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection
of legality and the banner of justice.
Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, 1689 – 1755
Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.