If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
~James Madison
Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.
― Bruce Coville
When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.
― Euripides, Orestes
As long as a population can be induced to believe in a supernatural hereafter, it can be oppressed and controlled. People will put up with all sorts of tyranny, poverty, and painful treatment if they're convinced that they'll eventually escape to some resort in the sky where lifeguards are superfluous and the pool never closes. Moreover, the faithful are usually willing to risk their skins in whatever military adventure their government may currently be promoting.
― Tom Robbins
All The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.
-Albert Camus
Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always.
-Andre Malraux
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