War kills men and men deplore the loss but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants and so saves societies.

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison that he cannot trust a friend.

A truer image of the world I think is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Ronald Reagan said that he sought a Star Wars defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand they do less easily move against him believing that he has the gods on his side.

The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

With reasonable men I will reason with humane men I will plead but to tyrants I will give no quarter nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.