George Orwell
Writer, Journalist
"All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force."
Tyranny quotes
Tyranny
144 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Aldous Huxley
Novelist, Essayist
"Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism."
John Locke
Philosopher, Physician
"Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins."
Samuel Adams
Politician
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!"
Thomas Jefferson
Politician, Founding Father
"A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny."
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"Freedom is not possible without authority - otherwise it would turn into chaos and authority is not possible without freedom - otherwise it would turn into tyranny."
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"The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny."
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"Whenever one tries to suppress doubt , there is tyranny ."
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"Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny"
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"When more Americans prefer freebies to freedom, these great United States will become a fertile ground for tyranny."
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"We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That leadeth to tyranny, which disfigureth good and maketh it seem hateful."
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"It is the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins."
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"Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority."
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"Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence."
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"Tyranny cannot defeat the power of ideas."
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"The face of tyranny Is always mild at first."
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"Any unity which doesn't have its origin in the multitudes is tyranny."
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"A nation that enslaves another forges its own chains."
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"The bad thing of war is, that it makes more evil people than it can take away."
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"Tyranny must not prevail."
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"A family is a tyranny ruled over by it's weakest member."
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"Tyranny knows no restraint of appetite."
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"This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half."
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"The Party is not interested in the overt act. The thought is all we care about."
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"A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow."
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