Let tyrants shake their iron rod.
William Billings
The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.
Albert Camus
Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
Charles Caleb Colton
All men would be tyrants if they could.
Daniel Defoe
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
Diogenes
The big tyrants never face justice.
George Galloway
There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.
Jose Rizal
Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.
John Sterling
Clever tyrants are never punished.
Voltaire
Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
Edmund Burke