Paul Feyerabend Quotes

Between the people and their enemies there can be nothing in common but the sword; we must govern by iron those who cannot be governed by justice; we must oppress the tyrant...

There are two kinds of rebellion. The first is one in which the slave demands something that the tyrant has got. The second is one in which he demands something that the tyrant has not got.

Who is against democracy? Is it the one who calls for peaceful resistance, or the one who bombs people, sheds their blood and leads them away from the leaders under feeble and dirty pretexts?

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.

Islam … is a story of the struggle between reason and belief, between consent and authoritarianism, between resistance to tyranny and tyrants.

Tyrants of our day are the most dangerous preachers of liberty.

If there be no right to rebellion against a state of things that no savage tribe would endure without resistance, then I am sure it is better for men to fight and die without right than to live in such a state of right as this.

The limits of tyrants are proscribed by the endurance of those whom they suppress.

The tyrant is always stirring up some war or another, in order that the people may require a leader.

The major conflicts of our day are autocrats verses the village square.

Spineless politics do not change the mind of a tyrant.

The advocacy of truth will always excite hostility, and he who enforces justice will ever have to combat against the powers of this world.

If you live in a society where those who govern society and determine its path do not respect freedom of speech and freedom of religion, freedom of choice, freedom of assembly, and if there is no democratic process and no way to change the order of things by reason and peace and love and so on, and if, as a result of that, certain ideas in which you believe are being crushed, then I think the only way you can defend yourself against this violence is in using violence of your own.

Not as tyrants have we come, but as liberators.

Tyrants are always assassinated too late. That is their great excuse.

Our forefathers would think it's time for a revolution. This is why they revolted in the first place... They revolted against much more mild oppression.

Many who think themselves infinitely superior to the aberrations of Nazism, and sincerely hate all manifestations, work at the same time for ideals whose realization would lead straight to the abhorred tyranny.

I would not let myself be intimidated by Yahya Khan, his methods had led us to disaster.

Men have died in torture chambers, on the stake, in concentration camps, in front of firing squads, rather than renounce their convictions. The appeaser renounces his under the pressure of a frown on a vacant face.

Tremble, ye tyrants, for ye can not die.

We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression we face. War has caused more problems. We cannot embrace that path.

I think that, from Vaclav Havel own experience, he knew if we all paid attention to what was going on, the chances were that even the most horrible dictators wouldn't execute people.

Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress?