“Neither Britain, a land fertile in tyrants, nor the people of Ireland, knew Moses and the prophets.” PeopleLandProphetBritainTyrantsIrelandMosesFertile Author:St. Jerome
“The nation is in a death-struggle. It must either become one vast slaveocracy of petty tyrants, or wholly the land of the free.” WarNationsStruggleLandSlaveryCivil WarTyrantsPettyLand Of The FreePetty Tyrants Author:Angelina Grimke
“There is no land like England, Where'er the light of day be; There are no hearts like English hearts, Such hearts of oak as they be; There is no land like England, Where'er the light of day be: There are no men like Englishmen, So tall and bold as they be! And these will strike for England, And man and maid be free To foil and spoil the tyrant Beneath the greenwood tree.” MenHeartLightTreeLandEnglandStrikesTallTyrantsSpoilEnglishmenOaksMaidsFoils Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of the people to put aside private interest for public good. The imperatives of virtue attached all sorts of desiderata to the republican citizen: simplicity, frugality, sobriety, simple manners, Christian benevolence, duty to the polity. Republics called on other virtues--spiritedness, courage--to protect the polity from external threats. Tyrants kept standing armies; republics relied on free yeomen, defending their own land.” PeopleSelfChristianInterestSimpleVirtueDemocracyLandDutyCitizensRepublicanProtectGoodnessStandingArmyThreatSimplicityMannersRelyRepublicTyrantsImperativesSelf InterestMonarchyCoercionBenevolenceSplendorSobrietyFactionsDazzlingFrugalityPublic GoodYeoman Author:James Monroe
“Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.” MenDreamAmericaStrongLandKingsTyrantsDreamerSchemesCrushed Book:The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1921-1940 Source: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1921-1940
“There is not land beneath the sun where there is an open Bible and a preached gospel, where a tyrant long can hold his place... Let the Bible be opened to be read by all men, and no tyrant can long rule in peace... The religion of Jesus makes men think, and to make men think is always dangerous to a despot's power.” ThinkingMenLongJesusSunLandDangerousTyrantsDespots Author:Charles Spurgeon
“People of Baghdad, remember for 26 generations you have suffered under strange tyrants who have ever endeavoured to set one Arab house against another in order that they might profit by your dissensions. This policy is abhorrent to Great Britain and her Allies for there can be neither peace nor prosperity where there is enmity or misgovernment. Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators.” PeopleMightRememberOrderHouseCitiesEnemyGenerationsLandPolicyStrangeArmyProfitProsperityBritainAlliesTyrantsConquerorGreat BritainEnmityBaghdadAbhorrentDissensionLiberators Author:Frederick Stanley Maude