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“"Magna Carta is the Law: Let the King look out." So it has always been with tyrants among our own people: when the King was tyrant, let him look out. And it has always been the same, and will be the same, whether the tyrant be the Barons, whether the tyrant be the Church, whether he be demagogue or dictator - let them look out.”

People Looks Law Church Kings Tyrants Dictator Magna Carta

Author:Stanley Baldwin

“These, then, are the four kinds of royalty. First the monarchy of the heroic ages; this was exercised over voluntary subjects, but limited to certain functions; the king was a general and a judge, and had the control of religion The second is that of the barbarians, which is a hereditary despotic government in accordance with law. A third is the power of the so-called Aesynmete or Dictator; this is an elective tyranny. The fourth is the Lacedaemonian, which is in fact a generalship, hereditary and perpetual.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)

“He who believes in the words of a dictator is the king of the fools!”

Believe Fool Kings Dictator

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Ignorant, unconscious and dishonourable part of a society want and like kings, dictators, padishahs and all sort of despots; educated, conscious and honourable part of the same society hate and refuse monarchs, tyrants, oppressors and any kind of autocrats!”

Want Kind Hate Kings Conscious Refuse Ignorant Educated Unconscious Tyrants Dictator Oppressors Monarchs Despots

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Stop obeying a dictator; you will then see that he is nothing! Stop obeying a king; you will then see that he is nothing! If you refuse the Devil, you will then see that he will shade away!”

Ifs Kings Devil Refuse Shade Dictator Obeying

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland]. And then, as a person, I had never been to the African continent. So, I knew, personally, it would reshape me.”

Persons Play Character Lasts Artist Opportunity Kings Continents Dictator Scotland Great Opportunity African Continent

Author:Forest Whitaker