Tyrants

Famous quotes containing the word tyrants:

“My loving people,—We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes for fear of treachery; but, I do assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

“I am a humble suitor to your virtues;
For pity is the virtue of the law,
And none but tyrants use it cruelly.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Still let my tyrants know, I am not doomed to wear
Year after year in gloom, and desolate despair;
A messenger of Hope comes every night to me,
And offers for short life, eternal liberty.”
—Emily Brontë (1818–1848)