Tyrants Quotes - Page 33

• Blest leisure is our curse; like that of Cain, It, makes us wander, wander earth around, To fly that tyrant Thought. As Atlas groan'd The world beneath, we groan beneath an hour.

  Edward Young

  Leisure, Atlas, Cain

  Edward Young (1821). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality”, p.25

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• More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

  Dennis Prager

  Done, Dictator, Century

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The Allies had made war on Napoleon as a tyrant and an oppressor of nations; yet once they had him out of the way, they did him the favor of representing him as the torch bearer of the French Revolution. They did him the further favor of repeating his mistakes and besting him at them.

  J. Christopher Herold

  War, Mistake, Favors

  "Napoleon".

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• I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my grandfather Mohammad. I intend to enjoin good and forbid evil, to act according to the traditions of my grandfather, and my father Ali Ibn Abi-Talib.

  Husayn ibn Ali

  Father, Evil, Rose

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