Death is the tyrant of the imagination.
What I like about a dog it stops people getting after you, they're not going to come round in the night. But they make the place stink because I might want to stay out a few days and when I get back I might want to stay in a few days and a dog can become a tyrant to you.
In adamantine chains shall Death be bound, And Hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound.
Still when the lust of tyrant power succeeds, some Athens perishes, or some Tully bleeds.
The people must remain ever vigilant against tyrants masquerading as public servants.
Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.
Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.
The law is a great thing,--because men are poor and weak, and bad. And it is great, because where it exists in its strength, no tyrant can be above it. But between you and me there should be no mention of law as the guide of conduct. Speak to me of honour, and of duty, and of nobility; and tell me what they require of you.
There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment and expose the pretensions of tyrants and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant. And that is the force of human freedom.