Charles Dickens Quotes

Conquerors never, never conquer a nation to bring freedom. They brought control.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

He [Stalin] is gone, but his shadow still stands over us today. It still dictates to us and we, very often, obey.

Fear must rule in a despotism.

Beat and cuff your slave, keep him hungry and spiritless, and he will follow the chain of his master like a dog. Feed and clothe him well, work him moderately, surround him with physical comfort and dreams of freedom intrude.

The average bloke . . . hates and fears all freedom, not only for others but for himself, and stamps it out wherever possible.

Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress?

The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason is terror and force.

Ignorance and fear are twins whose mother is slavery and whose father is oppression, and the mentality of the whole family is that of slaves.

What whip lashed them to their knees in shame and submission? The worship of the word "We.

Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men.

In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned.

The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was very little left that we might do, except pay tribute and die.

Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.

Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.

The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it.

Fear is the passion of slaves.

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.

It was impossible to reason with a negro-that the only way to keep him in his place was to keep him under fear.

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

The tyrant is only the slave turned inside out.