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Despotism Quotes

The supreme mystery of despotism, its prop and stay, is to keep men in a state of deception, and with the specious title of religion to cloak the fear by which they must be held in check, so that they will fight for their servitude as if for salvation Picture Quote #1

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among general bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others Picture Quote #1

I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between the points of liberty and despotism, something will be gained for the former. As men become better informed, their rulers must respect them the more Picture Quote #1

Democracy is necessarily despotism, as it establishes an executive power contrary to the general will; all being able to decide against one whose opinion may differ, the will of all is therefore not that of all: which is contradictory and opposite to liberty Picture Quote #1

The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position Picture Quote #1

We look back, already, with astonishment, at the daring outrages committed by despotism, on the reason and rights of man; we look forward with joy, to the period, when it shall be despoiled of all its usurpations, and bound forever in the chains, with which it had loaded its miserable victims Picture Quote #1

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A court which yields to the popular will thereby licenses itself to practice despotism, for there can be no assurance that it will not on another occasion indulge its own will Picture Quote #1

We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments Picture Quote #1

Despair defies even despotism; there is that in my heart would make its way through hosts with leveled spears Picture Quote #1

The despotism of will in ideas is styled plan, project, character, obstinacy; its despotism in desires is called passion Picture Quote #1

It is odd to consider the connection between despotism and barbarity, and how the making one person more than man makes the rest less Picture Quote #1

When the will of man is raised above law it is always tyranny and despotism, whether it is the will of a bashaw or of bastard patriots Picture Quote #1

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Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before the sun is set Picture Quote #1

The political solidarity of the working class means the death of despotism, the birth of freedom, the sunrise of civilization Picture Quote #1

The faith in reason insists that the poverty of democracy offers a greater hope for mankind than the prosperity that attaches itself to aristocracy or despotism Picture Quote #1

Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism - including, of course, legal despotism Picture Quote #1

The end of despots is always odd?exhilarating to those who suffered their tyrannies, and to those who hold despotism in contempt, and anti-climatic at the same time, the discovery that these tyrants were petty, frightened men after all Picture Quote #1

The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism Picture Quote #1

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It seems that the inevitable fate of man is never attain complete freedom: princes everywhere tend to despotism and the people to servitude Picture Quote #1

A people among whom custom is altogether sovereign endures the despotism of the dead Picture Quote #1

At its best, management theory is part of the democratic promise of America. It aims to replace the despotism of the old bosses with the rule of scientific law. It offers economic power to all who have the talent and energy to attain it Picture Quote #1

If anything qualifies as an irony of history it would be this: that Marx and Engels throughout the nineteenth century wrote about America the United States as the great country of the future, of freedom and equality and a good life for the working man, and a country of revolution and emancipation, and of Russia as the great country of despotism, backwardness, savagery and superstition Picture Quote #1

My History of the Jesuits is in four volumes.... This society has been a greater calamity to mankind than the French Revolution, or Napoleon’s despotism or ideology. It has obstructed progress of reformation and the improvement of the human mind in society much longer and more fatally Picture Quote #1

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The supreme mystery of despotism, its prop and stay, is to keep men in a state of deception, and with the specious title of religion to cloak the fear by which they must be held in check, so that they will fight for their servitude as if for salvation (Despotism Quotes) An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among general bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others (Despotism Quotes) I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between the points of liberty and despotism, something will be gained for the former. As men become better informed, their rulers must respect them the more (Despotism Quotes) Democracy is necessarily despotism, as it establishes an executive power contrary to the general will; all being able to decide against one whose opinion may differ, the will of all is therefore not that of all: which is contradictory and opposite to liberty (Despotism Quotes) The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position (Despotism Quotes) We look back, already, with astonishment, at the daring outrages committed by despotism, on the reason and rights of man; we look forward with joy, to the period, when it shall be despoiled of all its usurpations, and bound forever in the chains, with which it had loaded its miserable victims (Despotism Quotes) A court which yields to the popular will thereby licenses itself to practice despotism, for there can be no assurance that it will not on another occasion indulge its own will (Despotism Quotes) We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments (Despotism Quotes) Despair defies even despotism; there is that in my heart would make its way through hosts with leveled spears (Despotism Quotes) The despotism of will in ideas is styled plan, project, character, obstinacy; its despotism in desires is called passion (Despotism Quotes) It is odd to consider the connection between despotism and barbarity, and how the making one person more than man makes the rest less (Despotism Quotes) When the will of man is raised above law it is always tyranny and despotism, whether it is the will of a bashaw or of bastard patriots (Despotism Quotes) Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before the sun is set (Despotism Quotes) The political solidarity of the working class means the death of despotism, the birth of freedom, the sunrise of civilization (Despotism Quotes) The faith in reason insists that the poverty of democracy offers a greater hope for mankind than the prosperity that attaches itself to aristocracy or despotism (Despotism Quotes) Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism - including, of course, legal despotism (Despotism Quotes) The end of despots is always odd?exhilarating to those who suffered their tyrannies, and to those who hold despotism in contempt, and anti-climatic at the same time, the discovery that these tyrants were petty, frightened men after all. (Despotism Quotes) The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism ... (Despotism Quotes) It seems that the inevitable fate of man is never attain complete freedom: princes everywhere tend to despotism and the people to servitude. (Despotism Quotes) A people among whom custom is altogether sovereign endures the despotism of the dead (Despotism Quotes) At its best, management theory is part of the democratic promise of America. It aims to replace the despotism of the old bosses with the rule of scientific law. It offers economic power to all who have the talent and energy to attain it. (Despotism Quotes) If anything qualifies as an irony of history it would be this: that Marx and Engels throughout the nineteenth century wrote about America the United States as the great country of the future, of freedom and equality and a good life for the working man, and a country of revolution and emancipation, and of Russia as the great country of despotism, backwardness, savagery and superstition. (Despotism Quotes) My History of the Jesuits is in four volumes.... This society has been a greater calamity to mankind than the French Revolution, or Napoleon’s despotism or ideology. It has obstructed progress of reformation and the improvement of the human mind in society much longer and more fatally. (Despotism Quotes)

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