Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
Thomas Jefferson
We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.
Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.
Mary McCarthy
Religions are the cradles of despotism.
Marquis de Sade
Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.
Arabella Weir
Despotism is a long crime.
Victor Hugo
The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
John Stuart Mill