Michael Jackson Quotes

The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and oppressing others.

The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them.

Power corrupts; but absolute power is really neat.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

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

When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.

Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.

Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination.

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

All men would be tyrants if they could.

A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.

Despotism is a long crime.

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.

And this is the Anarchistic definition of the State: the embodiment of the principle of invasion in an individual, or a band of individuals, assuming to act as representatives or masters of the entire people within a given area.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

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

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

The tyrant is only the slave turned inside out.