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Letter "T" » tyranny
«[Tyranny is] to compel men not to think as they do, to compel men to express thoughts that are not their own.»
«Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.»
«Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
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Author,
President)
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Keywords:
entrust,
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entrusting,
entrusts,
forms,
forms of government,
good form,
in operation,
in time,
operations,
perverted,
perverting,
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slow,
tyrannies,
tyranny
«Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.»
«A husband and wife ought to continue united so long as they love each other. Any law which should bind them to cohabitation for one moment after the decay of their affection would be a most intolerable tyranny, and the most unworthy of toleration.»
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Poet)
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About:
Affection,
Love,
Marriage
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Keywords:
affection,
bind,
cohabitation,
continue,
decay,
for one,
husband,
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so long,
toleration,
tyranny,
united,
unworthy,
unworthy of
«Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.»
«Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate»
Author: Bertrand Russell
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Logician,
Philosopher)
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About:
Capitalism
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Keywords:
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advocates,
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apt,
capitalism,
embodied,
embodies,
embodying,
exercise,
fortunate,
maxim,
must not,
principles,
restrained,
sacred,
The Advocate,
tyranny,
unfortunate,
unfortunates
«Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.»
Author: Plato
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Philosopher)
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Keywords:
aggravate,
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arises,
democracy,
dictatorship,
dictatorships,
extreme,
naturally,
slavery,
tyranny
«Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.»
«All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to = remain silent.»