"Tyranny" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of, see vol. ii.; "War Democrats"; makes campaign in 1862 on opposition to anti-slavery legislation; gains in Congressional elections; wishes Lincoln to compromise; denounces seizure of Vallandigham; agitates against military tyranny; commits error in opposing war; loses ground in 1863; applauds Fremont's candidacy; hopes for success in 1864; denounces war as failure and nominates McClellan; war faction of, hesitates to vote for Lincoln, on slavery grounds; ...
— Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II • John T. Morse
... cold before such irrational tyranny. "You are going the way to work, sir," I said, "to make me an atheist. I shall ...
— The Fool Errant • Maurice Hewlett
... the first impulse to the ball of the American Revolution, introduced his celebrated resolution on the Stamp Act into the House of Burgesses of Virginia (May, 1765), he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious Act, "Caesar had his Brutus; Charles I. his Cromwell; and George III...."—"Treason!" cried the speaker; "treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying ...
— The Jest Book - The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings • Mark Lemon
... exalted in his desire that there should be no mistake about it. "There is a destiny made for a man by his ancestors, and no one can elude, were he able to attempt it, the tyranny ...
— Mary Olivier: A Life • May Sinclair
... nation is our own beloved country, and it is gratifying to know that there are no people so blessed as our own. The Union-Jack flies in every quarter of the globe, and where it is seen, slavery becomes impossible, and tyranny a thing of the past. To be an Englishman is to be the noblest creature on the earth. One Englishman is worth twenty specimens of other nationalities; he is more conscientious, more clever, more beautiful than any ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 14, 1893 • Various
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