Jose Rizal Quotes

One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

It is bad to have a servant, but worse to have a master.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

The tyrant is only the slave turned inside out.

Would you rather lead an army of slaves?

Why independence, if the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow?

The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism, and ought to have no place among Republicans and Christians.

Some people are by nature slaves and will always be so.

There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master.

Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.

Man’s freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man’s enslavement of man..

… so long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

There is no more contemptible poison than power over one's fellow men.

The natural course of power is to make the many slaves to the few.

To think that man, thou just and loving God! Should stand before thee with a tyrant's rod, O'er creatures like himself, with souls from Thee, Yet dare to boast of perfect liberty! Away! away! I'd rather hold my neck By doubtful tenure from a Sultan's beck, In climes where liberty has scarce been nam'd, Nor any right but that of ruling claim'd, Than thus to live where boasted Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves!

Tyrants are but the spawn of Ignorance, Begotten by the slaves they trample on.

It is hard to have a Southern overseer; it is worse to have a Northern one; but worst of all when you are yourself the slave-driver.

Conquerors never, never conquer a nation to bring freedom. They brought control.

The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was very little left that we might do, except pay tribute and die.

All men would be tyrants if they could.

Dracula, if he could see modern corporations, wouldn't like them much. He took care of his people, at least as he saw it. They had very little freedom, but they had a protector.

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

To depend upon the Will of a Man is Slavery.