Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2006-11-20 Nov 20, 2006The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.~ Thomas Bailey AldrichNow those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth, and let me remind you they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyranny.~ Barry GoldwaterA tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious.~ Aristotle Nov 17, 2006It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.~ Oliver Cromwell“For your own good” is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction. ~ Janet FrameThere is as far as I know, no example in history, of any state voluntarily ceding power from the centre to its constituent parts.~ Charles Handy Nov 16, 2006Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. This is a major reason for promoting freedom.~ Rudolph J. RummelThe size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed, for the vast masses of a nation are in the depths of their hearts more easily deceived than they are consciously and intentionally bad. The primitive simplicity of their minds renders them a more easy prey to a big lie than a small one, for they themselves often tell little lies, but would be ashamed to tell big lies.~ Adolf HitlerHow strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!~ Samuel Adams Nov 15, 2006It is the theory of all modern civilized governments that they protect and foster the liberty of the citizen; it is the practice of all of them to limit its exercise, and sometimes very narrowly.~ H. L. MenckenThe people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness… This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs, when he first appears he is a protector.~ PlatoThe concentrating [of powers] in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one.~ Thomas Jefferson Nov 14, 2006Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.~ Henry Brooks AdamsO liberty! O liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!~ Madame Jeanne-Marie RolandIn Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, but I didn't speak up because I was a protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak for me.~ Reverend Martin Niemoeller Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print