Quotes About Control

You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

It's the tyranny of an oligarchy that I'm concerned about.

Democracy just isn't working any more; without sanity at its heart, it is becoming a most unique and fiendish tyranny.

Now that we all live in a bad '70s sci-fi movie, I am made to understand the tyranny of the machines every minute of every day.

A dictator keeps control and leads. A tyrant is someone selfish who destroys.

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.

More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

I'm a tyrant that you should trust, and you should let me run your life, because I do know what is best for you.

In order to have the stuff of a tyrant, a certain mental derangement is necessary.

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.

A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws.

Some of my favourite shows are 'Black Mirror,' a dystopian thriller show called '3%,' 'Ozark,' 'Tyrant,' etc.

Obama is a tyrant the same way FDR was a tyrant. He has a view of presidential power that states: the government is in control of the country, and the president is in charge of the government. He's taken an imperial view of the presidency.

My name is on the door, and I care very much about the design that gets put out. I'm sorry, but it has to be my way. You learn that by working for people like I. M. Pei. You think he isn't a design tyrant? Is Calvin Klein a tyrant? When it came to his dresses, he had to be.

If you're not perfectly conscious of yourself, that self can be tyrannical; in relationship to others, anyone can become a tyrant. That's why no one can be a Superman. You have to go beyond yourself with a 'third eye' - self-awareness - because the one thing you cannot flee is yourself.

The greatest bulwark against an overreaching government, as tyrants know, is a religious population. That is because religious people form communities of interest adverse to government control of their lives; religious communities rely on their families and each other rather than an overarching government utilizing force.

Modern tyrants are terror managers. Do not allow your shock to be turned against your freedom.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.