Joe Biden

For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own.

American President

John Boehner

They know the importance of their mission and of America's commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a real difference in bringing freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny.

American Politician

Jason Calacanis

The web and physical world is plagued with abundance - people need help sorting through all the good and bad stuff out there. The tyranny of choice is causing major psychic pain and frustration for people.

American Businessman

John Irving

I don't think I've had a very interesting life, and I feel that is a great liberation. That gives me great freedom as a fiction writer. Nothing that happened holds any special tyranny over me.

American Novelist

Gina Miller

Our laws are ultimately all that protect us from tyranny, and before them we are all equal - prime ministers and private citizens alike.

Guyanese Activist

James H. Douglas, Jr.

We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.

Frederick William Robertson

There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.

English Clergyman

John Hay

The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.

American Writer

Crystal Eastman

A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection.

American Lawyer

William Allen White

American Editor

Tyranny often appears in discussions about politics and power abuse.

Political Context

Tyranny carries a very negative connotation, implying injustice and suffering.

Negative Emotion

Tyranny is often used to describe historical rulers known for their cruelty.

Historical Usage

Tyranny can refer to any oppressive dominance, not just in a political sense.

Beyond Politics

Tyranny can be used figuratively to describe overwhelming situations or forces.

Figurative Speech

The phrase 'tyranny of the majority' refers to when the majority's will oppresses minorities.

Group Pressure

 But others felt the Constitution was overreaching and that more centralized authority would return the states to the sort of tyranny they had just escaped. These Anti-Federalists were especially worried by the text's apparent lack of protections for individual liberties. As the conventions proceeded,

Why wasn’t the Bill of...

 not only fails to fully convey Orwell's message, it actually risks doing precisely what he tried to warn against. Orwell was indeed opposed to all forms of tyranny, spending much of his life fighting against anti-democratic forces of both the left-wing and the right.

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 The good belongs to those who are democracies and are charged with a mission of spreading it around the globe, sometimes by force, against the evil of those who do not hold elections. George H.W. A new world order George W.  ending tyranny in our world

Eric X. Li: A tale of...

 encouragement and enlightenment versus indifference and authoritative tyranny and says I have someone look at an image of brutality and to be able to see it in these architectural terms was really stunning to me I mean it's it's poetic

Storytellers Summit Day...

 those who have everything to gain from cheating to help people break away from tyranny as fast as they can and to help me do that I have cryptography and that is why cryptography is the key to freedom thank

The unexpected tool to...

 of visualizing complex rhythms. By freeing us from the tyranny of the bar line, we can visualize rhythm in terms of time, and a simple turn of the wheel can take us on a musical journey around the world.

A different way to...

 price of freedom and then the third story was the liberal story which basically said history is not a struggle between nations or between classes it's a struggle between liberty and tyranny

Yuval Noah Harari...

 He was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, forever changing the course of one of the world's largest countries. But was he a hero who toppled an oppressive tyranny

History vs. Vladimir...

 This spirit of humility is the civic virtue we need now. It's the beginning of a way back from the harsh ethic of success that drives us apart. It points us beyond the tyranny of merit

The tyranny of merit PIPE...

 they reach a depth of 80 meters this is the spot where tyranny thinks they're most likely to see sunfish oh okay so hola guys right two meters eighty-three

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