tyrant

boss

Voltaire

is one who brings about troublous times to get destructive laws passed under cover of the public terror which the people would never adopt in cold blood.

Usurpers always bring about or select troublous times to get passed, under cover of the public terror, destructive laws, which the people would never adopt in cold blood. The moment chosen is one of the surest means of distinguishing the work of the legislator from that of the tyrant. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

is a child of pride who drinks from his sickening cup recklessness and vanity, until from his high crest headlong he plummets to the dust of hope.

The tyrant is a child of PrideWho drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity,Until from his high crest headlongHe plummets to the dust of hope.' Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

is nothing but a slave turned inside out.

The tyrant is nothing but a slave turned inside out. - Herbert Spencer

is one who institutionalizes stupidity and is the first servant of his own system and the first to be installed within it.

A tyrant institutionalises stupidity, but he is the first servant of his own system and the first to be installed within it. Gilles Deleuze

is one who always has some slight shade of virtue. He supports the laws before destroying them.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue... they support the laws before destroying them. Voltaire

The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God. Stendhal

is the man who narrows the scope of life, in other words creates a hell out of human life, agent of an anti-'resurrection.

the man who narrows the scope of life, in other words creates a hell out of human life, agent of an anti-'resurrection.

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