A tyrant's power does not emanate from themselves, but the from the subservience of the people around them.

Tyrants want to run your life; your spirit wants you to be free.

Everywhere tyrants want to run our lives, but our spirits want us to be free.

Make people dependent on you and you can rob them of their freedom, their dignity, their very soul. That's what tyrants do.

The only thing viler than tyrants are their lackeys.