The wild boar is often held by a small dog. — Ovid A cane non magno sæpe tenetur aper. Original text (Latin) Share this quote Post on X Facebook Download image Copy quote Copy link Share… Another quote → Topics Power
Tis hard, I admit, yet virtue aims at what is hard, and gratitude for such a service will be all the greater.
The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. John Adams A Defence of the Constitutions of Government (1787)
There is no governor anywhere; you are all absolutely free. There is no restraint that cannot be escaped. Robert Anton Wilson
When we see a great man desiring power instead of his real goal we soon recognize that he is sick, or more precisely that his attitude to his work is sick. Martin Buber What is Man? (1938)
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. C. S. Lewis God in the Dock (1970)