Author Topic: ~ Despotism Quotes ~  (Read 1019 times)

Offline MysteRy

~ Despotism Quotes ~
« on: December 05, 2016, 09:26:45 PM »
[highlight-text]It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.

Thomas Jefferson

Offline MysteRy

Re: ~ Despotism Quotes ~
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2016, 09:27:28 PM »
[highlight-text]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.

Walter Colton

Offline MysteRy

Re: ~ Despotism Quotes ~
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2016, 09:28:04 PM »
[highlight-text]I will believe in the right of one man to govern a nation despotically when I find a man born unto the world with boots and spurs and a nation with saddles on their backs.

Algernon Sidney