5 Edmund Burke Quotes on Tyranny

Edmund Burke quotes on tyranny

12. Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

21. Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

38. The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

72. In no country perhaps in the world is law so general a study [as in America]...This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defense, full of resources...They augur misgovernment at a distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.

143. Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.