Quotes Tagged With :despot

The peoples owe all political rights and privileges which we enjoy today in greater or lesser measure,....

Lest we lay too heavy a criticism against any government administration--local, state, or federal--we....

I must admit that I feel that the best form of government is benevolent despotism.

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may

I don’t need immortality. The fear of death keeps a girl sharp. It helps us remember that what we do....

The actions of government, we are told, bear down only on imprudent souls who provoke them. The man who....

Man does not necessarily begin with despotism because he is barbarous, but very often finds his way to....

History has seen many who claim to be deliverer and saviour of the people. They might come with force....

Democracy passes into despotism.

From being a movement aiming for universal freedom, communism turned into a system of universal despotism.....