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“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.”

Men Firsts Law Common Cities Equal Tyranny One Man Tyrants Hostile

Book:The Tragedies of Euripides: Hercules furens. The Troades. Ion. Andromache. Suppliants. Helen. Electra. Cyclops. Rhesus

Source: The Tragedies of Euripides: Hercules furens. The Troades. Ion. Andromache. Suppliants. Helen. Electra. Cyclops. Rhesus

“The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.”

Firsts Hands Suffering Poor Changed Tyranny Atmosphere Destructive Neighborhood Scar Resentment Consent Hostility Fury Riot Accommodations

Author:Lyndon B. Johnson

“If our constitution had followed the style of Saint Paul, the First Amendment might have concluded: "But the greatest of these is speech." In the darkness of tyranny, this is the key to the sunlight. If it is granted, all doors open. If it is withheld, none.”

Ifs Firsts Might Darkness Doors Style Keys Speech Constitution Saint Tyranny Granted Amendments Sunlight First Amendment Saint Paul

Book:Rights for Americans: the speeches of Robert F. Kennedy

Source: Rights for Americans: the speeches of Robert F. Kennedy