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A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.

No tyrant need fear till men begin to feel confident in each other.

The tyrant now Trusts not to men: nightly within his chamber The watch-dog guards his couch, the only friend He now dare trust.

Th' oppressive, sturdy, man-destroying villains, Who ravag'd kingdoms, and laid empires waste, And in a cruel wantonness of power, Thinn'd states of half their people, and gave up To want the rest.

Tyranny Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights, Howe'er his own commence, can never be But an usurper.

Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice-- The weakness and the wickedness of luxury-- The negligence--the apathy--the evils Of sensual sloth--produces ten thousand tyrants, Whose delegated cruelty surpasses The worst acts of one energetic master, However harsh and hard in his own bearing.

Tyranny Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem None rebels except subjects? The prince who Neglects or violates his trust is more A brigand than the robber-chief.

Is there no tyrant but the crowned one?

Tyrant, step from the throne, and give place to thy master.

Tremble, ye tyrants, for ye can not die.

There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common, but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway, and this is no longer equal.

I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.

'Twixt kings and tyrans there's this difference known: Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their owne.

Men are still men. The despot's wickedness Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,-- Comes of the purple he from childhood wears, Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear?

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

None but tyrants have any business to be afraid.

His demand Springs not from Edward's well-meant honest love, Bur from deceit, bred by necessity; For how can tyrants safely govern home Unless abroad they purchase great alliance?

Bleed, bleed, poor Country! Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure, For goodness dare not check thee; wear thou thy wrongs, The title is affeered!