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“Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!”
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”
― Gandhi: An Autobiography
― Gandhi: An Autobiography

“Choose your leaders
with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward
is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led
by the opportunists
who control the fool.
To be led by a thief
is to offer up
your most precious treasures
to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask
to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant
is to sell yourself
and those you love
into slavery.”
― Parable of the Talents
with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward
is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led
by the opportunists
who control the fool.
To be led by a thief
is to offer up
your most precious treasures
to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask
to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant
is to sell yourself
and those you love
into slavery.”
― Parable of the Talents

“If a man knows precisely what he can do to you or what epithet he can hurl against you in order to make you lose your temper, your equilibrium, then he can always keep you under subjection.”
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“A King, by disallowing Acts of this salutary nature, from being the father of his people, degenerated into a Tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience.”
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“If a man is convinced that he is safe only as long as he uses his power to give others a sense of insecurity, then the measure of their security is in his hands. If security or insecurity is at the mercy of a single individual or group, then control of behavior becomes routine. All imperialism functions in this way.”
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“Do you want to know something about tyrants? When faced with death, they weep and they beg just like the rest of us.”
― Quintana of Charyn
― Quintana of Charyn

“Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.”
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“Here are thieves and robbers and tribunals: and they that are called tyrants, who deem that they have after a fashion power over us, because of the miserable body and what appertains to it. Let us show them that they have power over none.”
― The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
― The Golden Sayings of Epictetus

“Ever since I arrived to a state of manhood, I have felt a sincere passion for liberty. The history of nations doomed to perpetual slavery, in consequence of yielding up to tyrants their natural born liberties, I read with a sort of philosophical horror; so that the first systematical and bloody attempt at Lexington, to enslave America, thoroughly electrified my mind, and fully determined me to take part with my country.”
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“Tyrants have only one problem in life.
They simply just wanna rule everything.”
― My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
They simply just wanna rule everything.”
― My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“The enemy is stupid, he replied. That is ground for hope. There is no originality in tyrants, and they learn nothing from the demise of their precursors. They will be brutal and stifling and engender hatred and destroy what men love and that will defeat them. All important battles are, in the end, conflicts between hatred and love, and we must hold to the idea that love is stronger than hate.”
― Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
― Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

“Both [Satan and Melkor/Morgoth] are loud in their defiance, claiming that they would "rather rule in hell than serve in heaven". One might have admired these rebel angels if one believed their defiance was in the name of liberty- however, both lied. Their rebellions were only provoked by envy and the usurpers' wishes to take the perceived tyrants' place. Never were two more natural tyrants than Morgoth and Satan.”
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“Democracies, as we know, are prone to every error from incompetence and corruption to misguided fetishes and gridlock. Therefore, it is astonishing, in a sense, that we would be willing to submit the direction of our societies to the collective wisdom of an imperfect and frequently disengaged public. How could we be so na茂ve? To that fair question, we must reply: how could anyone be so gullible as permanently to entrust power鈥攁n inherently corrupting force鈥攖o a single leader or party? When a dictator abuses his authority, there is no legal way to stop him. When a free society falters, we still have the ability--through open debate and the selection of new leaders--to remedy those shortcomings. We still have time to pick a better egg. That is democracy's comparative advantage, and it should be recognized and preserved.”
― Fascism: A Warning
― Fascism: A Warning

“[Writers] are feared by every tyrant--who shows his fear by burning the books and destroying the individuals.”
― On Democracy
― On Democracy

“Never was the victory of patience more complete than in the early church. The anvil broke the hammer by bearing all the blows that the hammer could place upon it. The patience of the saints was stronger than the cruelty of tyrants.”
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“Stalin and Kim made human idols of themselves because they believed, as utopian idealists always do, in the ultimate goodness of themselves and the unchallengeable rightness of their decisions. There was no higher power, and so there could be no higher law. If people disagreed with them, it was because those people were in some way defective--insane, malignant, or mercenary. The rulers could not tolerate actual religion, because they could not tolerate any rival authority or any rival source or judge of goodness, gratitude, and justice.”
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“My students remarked that the Fascist chiefs we remember best were charismatic. Through one method or another, each established an emotional link to the crowd and, like the central figure in a cult, brought deep and often ugly feelings to the surface. This is how the tentacles of Fascism spread inside a democracy. Unlike a monarchy or a military dictatorship imposed on society from above, Fascism draws energy from men and women who are upset because of a lost war, a lost job, a memory of humiliation, or a sense that their country is in steep decline. The more painful the grounds for resentment, the easier it is for a Fascist leader to gain followers by dangling the prospect of renewal or by vowing to take back what has been stolen.”
― Fascism: A Warning
― Fascism: A Warning

“Earlier, I cited Oswald Spengler鈥檚 chilling century-old prophecy that 鈥渢he era of individualism, liberalism and democracy, of humanitarianism and freedom, is nearing its end. The masses will accept with resignation the victory of the Caesars, the strong men, and will obey them.鈥 This is the real danger posed by Putin: that he will be a model for other national leaders who want to retain their grip on power indefinitely, despite political and legal constraints.”
― Fascism: A Warning
― Fascism: A Warning
“Thank you for my life, Great Queen," he whispered, almost inaudibly; like the true subject of any tyrant, showing gratitude for being allowed to keep what was his alone.”
― The Hounds of the M贸rr铆gan
― The Hounds of the M贸rr铆gan

“When fires are small, we can smother them with a blanket or a bucket of sand. When they become conflagrations, all we can do is escape with our lives, retreat, and attempt to create fire breaks. So it is with the escalation of a leader with authoritarian tendencies to one who becomes a full-blown tyrant.”
― To Stop a Tyrant: The Power of Political Followers to Make or Brake a Toxic Leader
― To Stop a Tyrant: The Power of Political Followers to Make or Brake a Toxic Leader

“When one talks about this subject, confusion often arises about the difference between Fascism and such related concepts as totalitarianism, dictatorship, despotism, tyranny, autocracy, and so on. As an academic, I might be tempted to wander into that thicket, but as a former diplomat, I am primarily concerned with actions, not labels. To my mind, a Fascist is someone who identifies strongly with and claims to speak for a whole nation or group, is unconcerned with the rights of others, and is willing to use whatever means are necessary鈥攊ncluding violence鈥攖o achieve his or her goals. In that conception, a Fascist will likely be a tyrant, but a tyrant need not be a Fascist.”
― Fascism: A Warning
― Fascism: A Warning

“Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was 鈥渂ully,鈥 and on the day of the Normandy invasion, Franklin Roosevelt prayed to the Almighty for a 鈥減eace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men.鈥 By contrast, President Trump鈥檚 eyes light up when strongmen steamroll opposition, brush aside legal constraints, ignore criticism, and do whatever it takes to get their way.”
― Fascism: A Warning
― Fascism: A Warning

“What tyrant first dreamed of conquest and clad violent oppression in terms of virtue? Why does the imposition of one will over another draw men like no other sin? For more than two hundred years, the Emperor has demanded that the galaxy align itself to his principles at the cost of ten thousand cultures that lived free and without the need for tyranny. Now Horus demands that the stellar nations of this broken empire dance to his tune instead. Billions die for conquest, to advance the pride of these two vain creatures cast in the shapes of men.
There is no virtue in fighting for conquest. Nothing is more worthless and hollow than obliterating freedom for the sake of more land, more coin, more voices singing your name in holy hymn. Conquest is as meaningless as glory. Worse, it is an evil in its selfishness. Both are triumphs only in a fool's crusade.”
― Lord of the Red Sands
There is no virtue in fighting for conquest. Nothing is more worthless and hollow than obliterating freedom for the sake of more land, more coin, more voices singing your name in holy hymn. Conquest is as meaningless as glory. Worse, it is an evil in its selfishness. Both are triumphs only in a fool's crusade.”
― Lord of the Red Sands

“賵兀毓乇賮 兀賳 丕賱匕賷賳 鬲爻賱賲賵丕 丕賱爻賱胤丞 賷丐賲賳賵賳 亘丕賱賯賵丞 賵丕賱毓賳賮 賵丕賱囟乇亘 亘卮丿丞貙 賷毓鬲亘乇賵賳 丕賱乇丨賲丞 囟毓賮丕賸 賵丕賱賯爻賵丞 賯賵丞.
賷毓鬲賯丿賵賳 兀賳 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賮賵囟賶 賵丕賱胤睾賷丕賳 賳馗丕賲.
賷鬲賵賴賲賵賳 兀賳 賲賱亍 丕賱爻噩賵賳 賵丕賱賲毓鬲賯賱丕鬲 亘丕賱兀亘乇賷丕亍 丿賱賷賱 毓賱賶 孬亘丕鬲 丕賱丨賰賲貙 賵兀賳 丕賱廿賮乇丕噩 毓賳 丕賱賲爻噩賵賳賷賳 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷賷賳 毓賱丕賲丞 毓賱賶 廿賴鬲夭丕夭 丕賱丨賰丕賲.”
― 爻賳丞 乇丕亘毓丞 爻噩賳
賷毓鬲賯丿賵賳 兀賳 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賮賵囟賶 賵丕賱胤睾賷丕賳 賳馗丕賲.
賷鬲賵賴賲賵賳 兀賳 賲賱亍 丕賱爻噩賵賳 賵丕賱賲毓鬲賯賱丕鬲 亘丕賱兀亘乇賷丕亍 丿賱賷賱 毓賱賶 孬亘丕鬲 丕賱丨賰賲貙 賵兀賳 丕賱廿賮乇丕噩 毓賳 丕賱賲爻噩賵賳賷賳 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷賷賳 毓賱丕賲丞 毓賱賶 廿賴鬲夭丕夭 丕賱丨賰丕賲.”
― 爻賳丞 乇丕亘毓丞 爻噩賳

“The man of the house was at the moment something less than a man. Or perhaps he was only what any man eventually might become when guided by no hand but his own.”
― The Darkest Evening of the Year
― The Darkest Evening of the Year

“We live under a government of not just a few tyrants, but countless thousands.”
― The Way of Free Men: A Manual for Resisting Tyranny
― The Way of Free Men: A Manual for Resisting Tyranny
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