Despotism

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and cou...

George Washington

The struggle for freedom is ultimately not resistance to autocrats or oligarchs but resistance to the despotism of public opinion.

Ludwig von Mises

The despotism of custom is everywhere standing up to human advancement.

John Stuart Mill

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, t...

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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.

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