- Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, Pslam 33:12
- A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection. Crystal Eastman
- All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Thomas Jefferson
- Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. Edmund Burke -Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Abraham Lincoln