Quotes with tyrannies

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  • George Orwell All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Honoré de Balzac Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
    Honoré de Balzac
    French writer (1799 - 1850)
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  • Thomas Paine Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • C. S. Lewis Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
    A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • C. S. Lewis Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Napoleon The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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