“You see how this House of Commons has begun to verify all the ill prophecies that were made of it - low, vulgar, meddling with everything, assuming universal competency, and flattering every base passion - and sneering at everything noble refined and truly national. The direct tyranny will come on by and by, after it shall have gratified the multitude with the spoil and ruin of the old institutions of the land.” MadePassionHouseLandLowsDirectUniversalInstitutionsAssumingIllNobleTyrannyRuinsMultitudesProphecyVulgarParliamentSpoilRefinedFlatteringVerifyMeddlingHouse Of CommonsCompetencies Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“It is not our frowning battlements...or the strength our gallant and disciplined army? These are not our reliance against a resumption of tyranny in our fair land... Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.” MenSpiritLibertyLandFairsArmyTyrannyPrizeHeritagePreservationRelianceDefenceFrowningGallantResumption Author:Abraham Lincoln
“If any Englishman dedicated his life to securing the freedom of India, resisting tyranny and serving the land, I should welcome that Englishman as an Indian.” IfsShouldLanguageLandIndiaTyrannyWelcomeIndianServingDedicatedEnglish LanguageEnglishmenResisting Book:The Penguin Gandhi Reader Source: The Penguin Gandhi Reader