“It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.” BalanceWeightHarderEndureTyranny Author:Simon Bolivar
“The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.” WayGovernmentBalanceTyrannyChecksMentality Author:Beau Willimon
“It was during the eighteenth century - a period of boastful satisfaction with the nice balances within the English constitution - that Englishmen came to accept the Whig view of the utility of an armed citizenry. The armed citizen was not only affirmed to be protecting himself but, together with his fellows, provided the ultimate check on tyranny.” TogetherViewsAcceptingNiceCenturyBalanceCitizensPeriodsUltimateConstitutionFellowsSatisfactionTyrannyChecksUtilityEnglishmenSecond AmendmentCitizenryArmed Citizens Author:Joyce Lee Malcolm
“The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people from religion; that amendment was written to protect religion from government tyranny. . . But now we're told our children have no right to pray in school. Nonsense. The pendulum has swung too far toward intolerance against genuine religious freedom. It is time to redress the balance.” PeopleFirstsChildrenGovernmentSchoolReligiousWrittenPrayingBalanceProtectConstitutionOur ChildrenGenuineTyrannyNonsenseAmendmentsIntoleranceFirst AmendmentReligious FreedomPendulumsRedressGovernment Tyranny Author:Ronald Reagan
“Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle between tyranny and freedom - it's a series of pendulum swings.” IdeasWholeCultureBalanceBattleSeriesTyrannyChecksSwingsPendulums Author:Jon Stewart
“Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations.” SaidSocialBalanceHighestConscienceDignityUltimateConstitutionIndividualityScalesTyrannyLimitationCrushOrganizedOverwhelmingLowestMonarchyUnstableMonarchsSocial Power Book:Dune Messiah Source: Dune Messiah