Quotes on tyranny

Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise.
Cioran, Emile M.

 tyranny  freedom  

  

We have to call it "freedom": who'd want to die for "a lesser tyranny"?
McLaughlin, Mignon

 freedom  tyranny  

  

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
Aesop

 excuses  tyranny  

  

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
Stevenson, Adlai E.

 communism  tyranny