Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes About Tyranny
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In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.
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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
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Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.
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Do not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by crushing others.
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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.
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