Bao Dai Quotes

I've seen the hell these people go through.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.

A slave government is an oligarchy; and one, too, of the most arbitrary and criminal character.

The English have found to their detriment how impolitic it is to oppress their subjects.

One man’s exile is but a drop in the sea of human misery

Death is a better, milder fate than tyranny

Feelings of marginalization and cries of separation are symptomatic of countries where rulers find power sweet and intoxicating, where power is coveted, and when acquired, painstakingly guarded.

the Distress of our oppressed Country, which now unjustly feels the baneful Effects of arbitrary Power.

In a free country there is much clamor with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint, but much suffering.

Oppressive government is more terrible than tigers.

God help that country by informers led Where fear corrupts and where suspicions spread By looks and gestures, even to the dead.

There is nothing the government has not done to me. There isn't any pain I haven't known.

There's never any ebb in human misery.

History has proved that dictators can't last forever.

From my family alone, Qaddafi had imprisoned five men.

I've had, what, two years? Probably five good years. Before that I had twenty years of uncertainty and suffering and ego destruction and poverty. All those things. That'll always outweigh the good times.

Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.

Everything's been a struggle for me.

My life is a struggle.

Hard times make you bitter or make you more compassionate.

If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is.

Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.